Looking Upon the Poor

οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν πένητα ἀποβλέπουσιν. Γενώμεθα πένητες, ἵνα βλέπωσιν ἡμᾶς οἱ τοῦ Κυρίου ὀφθαλμοί. Εἰ δὲ οἱ πλούσιοι οὐκ εἰσὶ πέντες, οὐκ ἐπιβλέπει τοὺς πλουσίους ὁ Κύριος. Τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς βλέπει τὸν πένητα, δαψιλῆ τὴν εὐεργεσίαν ποιούμενος, κἂν εἶς ὁ πενόμενος τυγχάνει. Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος Ι'

'His eyes look upon the poor.' 1 Let us be poor that the eyes of the Lord look upon us. For if the rich are not needy, the Lord does not look upon them. With His eyes He looks upon the poor, charitably performing a good deed, even if only one poor man there is.   Origen, On the Psalms, from Psalm 10 1 Ps 10.5