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

so as to bring before Him the cry of the needy; for He will hear the cry of the poor.

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 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.

And the cry of the people and their wives [was] great against their brothers the Jews.

And some said, [As to] our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge [them], and we will take grain, and eat.

And now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brothers, our children [are] as their children. Yet behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved; and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards [belong] to the nobles.

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 You are my strength; why have You cast me off? And why do I go mourning, while the enemy oppresses [me]?

Attend to me, and hearken to me; I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner; for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.

For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Gath. Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long his warring has afflicted me.

My enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me.

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.'"

And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?

[ 40:4] Have you an arm like the Lord's? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

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