For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

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.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

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

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

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;

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

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, {are} many: therefore we take up corn {for them}, that we may eat, and live.

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

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

{Is} not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

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.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. {run: Heb. roll}

{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Deliver the poor and needy: rid {them} out of the hand of the wicked.

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed {is} he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. {the poor: or, the weak, or, sick} {in time...: Heb. in the day of evil}

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. {such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}

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

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. {poor: or, afflicted}

And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed {be} he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man {is} near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. {one of...: or, one that hath right to redeem}

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

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

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. {Help: Heb. Save}

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.

For the congregation of hypocrites {shall be} desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not 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.