They have led away the donkey of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.

For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on the feeble woman.

For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.

But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

(for I nourished them as a father from my youth and guided [them] from my mother's womb.)

And you shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And if you should afflict them by ill treatment, and they should cry aloud to Me, I will surely hear their voice.

Cursed is everyone that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow. And all the people shall say, So be it.

They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.

perverting the cause of the poor, violently seizing the judgment of the needy ones of My people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

In you they have reviled father and mother; and in you they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger; they have oppressed the orphan and widow.

And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by My name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord Almighty.

Now there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give justice to me against my adversary.'

yet because this widow bothers me I will give justice to her, lest she wear me out by forever coming to me.'"

Break the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his strong and outstretched arms, and I will strike down his sword from out of his hand.