And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. {a lengthening...: or, an healing of thine error}

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

At his day thou shalt give {him} his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he {is} poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. {setteth...: Heb. lifteth his soul unto it}

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

And hath not oppressed any, {but} hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that {they have} no covering in the cold.

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. {thought: Heb. word} {wicked: Heb. Belial}

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {and} to keep himself unspotted from the world.

And they lay {themselves} down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned {in} the house of their god. {the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted}

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. {be...: Heb. gather thee up}

{If} the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and {so} the plague was stayed.

When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. {rejoiceth: or, glorieth}

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, {but} hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, {hath not...: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge}

Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for {your} liberal distribution unto them, and unto all {men};

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. {alms: or, righteousness} {of your: or, with your}

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment {was} as a robe and a diadem.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, {nor} of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: