'Needy' in the Bible
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.
He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.
Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.
Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them .
For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.