He has pity on the poor and needy

"He wants to stop the poor and needy from suffering"

the poor and needy

Here the nominal adjectives "poor" and "needy" mean basically the same thing and emphasize that they are unable to help themselves. AT: "those who are poor and those who are needy" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj)