because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Psalm 82:3 - English Standard Version 2016 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Defend the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and needy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy. American Standard Version (1901) Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. Common English Bible Give justice to the lowly and the orphan; maintain the right of the poor and the destitute! Catholic Public Domain Version For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. |
because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
O house of David! Thus says the Lord: “‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.’”
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.
Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge,
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.