כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לָ֭נֶצַח יִשָּׁכַ֣ח אֶבְי֑וֹן תִּקְוַ֥ת ענוים [עֲ֝נִיִּ֗ים] תֹּאבַ֥ד לָעַֽד׃
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
Rashi on Psalms
For the needy shall not be forgotten forever [i.e.,] Israel, the needy, [shall not be forgotten] from visiting upon them as they [the wicked nations] enslaved them, neither shall the hope of the poor be forgotten to eternity.
Radak on Psalms
For not for ever snail the needy be forgotten: – If Israel should continue in trouble because of the Philistines, this will not be for any length of time.
Radak on Psalms
Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever: – Not is actually written once only, but is understood twice; and such is the usage of the language in many passages. ענוים (meek), the Kethib has waw, but the Keri is עניים with yodh; and the meanings are cognate, for the poor are generally the meek.