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}

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul. {those...: Heb. the judges of}

Rejoice over her, {thou} heaven, and {ye} holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

For true and righteous {are} his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. {For...: or, When thou brakest}

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

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, {even} you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. {even...: or, verily the poor} {Bands: or, Binders}

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. {number: Heb. searching out}

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet {that were} of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. {without...: or, which was not in hands}

Thou {art} my battle axe {and} weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; {with thee: or, in thee, or, by thee}

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it {was} the word of the LORD. {so...: or, the poor of the flock, etc. certainly knew}

I, {even} I, {am} he that comforteth you: who {art} thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man {that} shall die, and of the son of man {which} shall be made {as} grass;

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

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

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul. {those...: Heb. the judges of}

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.

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

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall {not} perish for ever.

Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

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.

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. {number: Heb. searching out}

And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones {is} as a storm {against} the wall.

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.

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

The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. {given up: Heb. shut up}

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. {oppress: or, terrify}

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God {was} in him, to do judgment. {in him: Heb. in the midst of him}