for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no one to help him;
Psalm 82:3 - Tree of Life Version Give justice to the poor and fatherless. Be just to the afflicted and 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. |
for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no one to help him;
if I have raised my hand against the orphan, when I saw my support in the gate,
You vindicate the orphan and oppressed, so that man, who is earthly, may terrify no more.
On the other hand, nor should you takes sides with a poor man in his case.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Learn to do good, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.
O house of David, thus says Adonai: “Render justice by morning, and rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Otherwise My fury will go forth like fire and burn so none can extinguish it, because of their evil deeds.”
He pled the case of the poor and weak, so it went well. Is not this knowledge of Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Thus says Adonai: ‘Execute justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the fatherless or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.
“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: ‘Administer true judgment and practice mercy and compassion each to his brother.
He enacts justice for the orphan and widow, and loves the outsider, giving him food and clothing.
You are not to twist justice for an outsider or orphan, and you are not to take as collateral a widow’s clothing.
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.