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

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

Learn to do good, seek justice, set straight the oppressor, judge for the orphan, plead for the widow.

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.

Thus says Jehovah, Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. And do no wrong, do no violence to the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was this not knowledge of Me? says Jehovah.

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.