The Basis for the Diaconate (1): God’s Care for His Poor

O God, to Thy Anointed King Give truth and righteousness; Thy people He will justly judge And give the poor redress. The poor man's cause He will maintain, The needy He will bless, And He will break the strength of those Who would the poor oppress. (Psalter 193, stanzas 1 and 3, versification of Psalm 72) In these stanzas, and in Psalm 72, God's saints express their confidence that Jehovah will care for His beloved poor through Christ, typified in Solomon, God's anointed king. God's...