Psalms 119:141

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!”

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”

Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,

Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch.”

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and little known?”

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?