You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the sojourner, the fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen!

You shall neither mistreat a sojourner nor oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

You shall not follow the majority in doing evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after the majority to thrust aside justice.

You shall not thrust aside the justice of your needy one in his dispute.

Also you shall not oppress a sojourner, for you know the soul of a sojourner, because you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Look at me. Witness against me before Jehovah and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.

And they said, You have not cheated us nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man's hand.

But the man of strength possesses the land, and the honorable man dwells in it.

You have sent widows away empty, and crushed the arms of the fatherless.

When the ear heard, it blessed me, and when the eye saw, it bore witness to me;

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

I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

I broke the fangs of the perverse, and flung out the prey from his teeth.

i1 [A Psalm of Asaph.] i0 par God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.

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

They do not know, nor do they understand; they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Jehovah, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

They crush Your people, O Jehovah, and afflict Your heritage.

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;

for Jehovah will plead their case, and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

lest they drink, and forget the Law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not be astonished at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest watches; so there are those higher than they.

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.

What do you mean that you crush My people, and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

He who walks righteously and speaks with equity; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

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.

In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the sojourner; in you they have mistreated the orphan and the widow.

The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the sojourner.

you who turn justice into wormwood, and lay righteousness to rest on the earth.

who bursts out with destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

So, therefore because you trample on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of hewn stones, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

Woe to those who devise wickedness and do evil on their beds! In the morning light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

And they covet and seize fields and houses, and carry them away. And they oppress a man and his household, even a man and his inheritance.

Both hands are on evil, to do it well. Both the ruler and the judge ask for a bribe. And the great one speaks the lust of his soul; and they weave it together.

And do not oppress the widow, or the fatherless, the alien, or the poor. And do not devise evil in your heart, a man against his brother.

And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against those swearing to a lie; and against those who defraud the hired laborer of his pay, and turn away the widow, and the fatherless, and the alien; and who do not fear Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? So he said to them, Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.

But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to the judgment seats?

If you indeed take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him by the going down of the sun.

For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries out to Me, I will give heed, for I am gracious.