Psa 12:5, Pro 17:5 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

Psalms 12:5

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

Proverbs 17:5

5 Whoever mocks the poor ^dinsults his Maker;
he who is ^eglad at calamity will not go ^funpunished.