Thy princes {are} rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered {with fatness}; then he forsook God {which} made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Behold, these {are} the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase {in} riches.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

{If} ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

It is reported commonly {that there is} fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that {are} in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of {thy} judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? {wherefore} are all they happy that deal very treacherously? {talk...: or, reason the case with thee}

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. {sabaoth: Heb. hosts}

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth {abundantly}.

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on {his} flanks.

Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that {are} round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.

Shalt thou reign, because thou closest {thyself} in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, {and} then {it was} well with him?

Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them {as} a garment.

Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as {if that were} a very little {thing}, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. {as if...: or, that was lothed as a small thing}

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. {his...: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection}

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, {is} God in his holy habitation.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. {Defend: Heb. Judge}

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered {with fatness}; then he forsook God {which} made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. {have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart}

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on {his} flanks.

O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver {him that is} spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench {it}, because of the evil of your doings. {Execute: Heb. Judge}

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then {it was} well {with him: was} not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to {execute} wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. {words: or, matters}

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

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon {was} a very fat man.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: {but} the wicked regardeth not to know {it}.

Thy princes {are} rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. {reprove: or, argue}

Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; {but} ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment {is} God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring {it} unto me, and I will hear it. {respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces}

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {cause: or, right}

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; {fat: Heb. big, or, corpulent} {bellow...: or, neigh as steeds}

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

Behold, these {are} the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase {in} riches.

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {cause: or, right}