Psa 68:9-10, 72:12-13, 102:16-17, Isa 61:1, 66:2, Mat 5:3 | ESV | STEP | Rain in abundance , O God , you shed abroad ; you restored your inheritance as it languished ;

Psalms 68:9-10

9 ^aRain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock ^{▼▼Or your congregation} found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you ^cprovided for the needy.

Psalms 72:12-13

12 For he delivers ^dthe needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.

Psalms 102:16-17

16 For the Lord ^ebuilds up Zion;
he ^fappears in his glory;
17 he ^gregards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.

Isaiah 61:1

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 ^hThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ⁱanointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ^{▼▼Or afflicted}
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and ^kthe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ^{▼▼Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind}

Isaiah 66:2

2 ^mAll these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,

declares the Lord.
ⁿBut this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.

Matthew 5:3

3 ^o“Blessed are ^pthe poor in spirit, for ^qtheirs is the kingdom of heaven.