But you have sent widows away empty, and have afflicted orphans.

Therefore snares have surrounded you, and disastrous war has troubled you.

Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.

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.

And if I too overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;

and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.

And God heard their groanings, and God remembered His covenant [that He] made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry [caused] by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.

And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have seen the affliction with which the Egyptians afflict them.

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] openly.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah [His] beloved plant; I expected [it] to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.

Indeed, the wages of the laborers who reaped your fields, which were kept back by you, cry out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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

And if you should lend money to your poor brother who is among you, you shall not be hard upon him- you shall not charge interest from him.

For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; how shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to Me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.