¹ Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.^(A)
2 The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.^(B)
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.^(C)
3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.^(D)

⁶ Isn’t the fast I choose:
To break the chains of wickedness,^(A)
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?^(B)

⁷ Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,^(A)
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,^(B)
and not to ignore^[a] your own flesh and blood?^(C)