‘If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.

And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.

‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.”’

“And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.”

which made me hostile towards them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies – then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin,

so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,

(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be open-handed towards your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

If the neighbour is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.

And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.

Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

“You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.

Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.

On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.

Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace for forty years.

So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon.

And he struck them from Aroer to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a great blow. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.

So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.

After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

You save the humble,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

You save a humble people,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

‘Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring this disaster in his day, but I will bring it on his house in the days of his son.’

“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”

because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people – that they would become a curse and be laid waste – and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.

‘“I declare to you that the Lord will build a house for you:

from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house.

In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its surrounding villages from the control of the Philistines.

After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.

And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, ‘The Lord is just.’

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”

When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: ‘Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.

And when he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction. Moreover, conditions were good in Judah.

The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the Lord, the God of their fathers.

The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the Lord.

For the Lord humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah act sinfully and had been very unfaithful to the Lord.

Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem.

However some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the Lord’s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.

But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

In his distress he sought the favour of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself – all these are written in the records of the seers.

And his prayer, and how God was moved by his entreaty, and all his sin and his faithlessness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers.

But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt.

And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this Amon incurred guilt more and more.

because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the Lord.

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord.

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.

Their children went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased.

So the descendants went in and possessed the land and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

They thrust the needy from the path
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

They thrust the poor off the road;
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
and they take a pledge against the poor.)

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills the poor and needy,
and in the night steals forth like a thief.

The murderer rises before it is light,
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.

because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.

They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,
so that he heard the cry of the needy.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he heard the cry of the afflicted—

He does not keep the wicked alive
but gives the afflicted their rights.

He does not keep the wicked alive,
but gives the afflicted their right.

But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;
he speaks to them in their affliction.

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction
and opens their ear by adversity.

look at all who are proud and humble them,
crush the wicked where they stand.

Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and tread down the wicked where they stand.

For he who avenges blood remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

But God will never forget the needy;
the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who are caught in the schemes he devises.

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;
he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God.
Do not forget the helpless.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted.

You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

‘Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,
I will now arise,’ says the Lord.
‘I will protect them from those who malign them.’

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is their refuge.

You would shame the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is his refuge.

You save the humble
but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

For you save a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.

For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.

For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him.

The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him –
may your hearts live for ever!

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
May your hearts live forever!

He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.

He leads the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble his way.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.

I will glory in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.

This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.

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

My whole being will exclaim,
‘Who is like you, Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,
the poor and needy from those who rob them.’

All my bones shall say,
“O Lord who is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”