Quotes About Support

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

When men are brought low and you say, ëLift them up!í then He will save the lowly.

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widowís heart sing for joy.

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my motherís womb I guided the widow—

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

if the men of my house have not said, ëWho is there who has not had his fill?í—

but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.