But You have seen it, for You pay attention to trouble and provocation; to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.

to vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked.

Jehovah watches over the sojourners; He relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

If I have withheld from the poor their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

or eaten my morsel by myself, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

Leave your orphans; I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in Me.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses. We shall not say any more to the work of our hands, You are our gods! For in You the fatherless finds mercy.

He will judge Your people in righteousness, and Your lowly with justice.

He shall execute justice for the lowly of the people; He shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush in pieces the oppressor.

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, to give him food and clothing.

because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless and the one who had no one to help him.

The blessing of the dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe, and pursues rewards. They do not judge for the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

They have grown fat, they gleam. Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; they do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

saying: There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God nor regard man,

Then the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge said.

Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.

From His dwelling place He gazes upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

I have built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell always.

Then the priests, the Levites, rose up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to the heavens.

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and consecrated place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Thus says Jehovah, Heaven is My throne, and earth My footstool. Where, then, is the house that you would build for Me? And where is the place of My rest?

However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, or what is the place of My rest?