<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not afflict<n id="1" /> any widow or orphan.

<p class="poetry">you sent widows away empty-handed,p> <p class="poetry">and the arms<n id="1" /> of the orphans you crushed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They drive away the orphan&#8217;s donkey;p> <p class="poetry">they take the widow&#8217;s ox as a pledge.p>

<p class="poetry">The fatherless child is snatched<n id="1" /> from the breast,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!p>

<p class="poetry">They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land,p> <p class="poetry">and they murder the fatherless.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">May his children<n id="1" /> be fatherless,p> <p class="poetry">and his wife a widow!p>

<p class="poetry">We have become fatherless orphans;p> <p class="poetry">our mothers have become widows.p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, you would gamble<n id="1" /> for the fatherless,p> <p class="poetry">and auction off<n id="2" /> your friend.p>

<p class="poetry">for I rescued the poor who cried out for help,p> <p class="poetry">and the orphan who<n id="1" /> had no one to assist him;p>

<p class="poetry">If I ate my morsel of bread myself,p> <p class="poetry">and did not share any of it with orphans<n id="1" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">He is a father to the fatherlessp> <p class="poetry">and an advocate for widows.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">God rules from his holy palace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not move an ancient boundary stone,p> <p class="poetry">or take over<n id="1" /> the fields of the fatherless,p>

<p class="poetry">Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive.p> <p class="poetry">Your widows too can depend on me.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.<n id="1" />p>

who justly treats<n id="1" /> the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

<p class="bodytext">You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow&#8217;s garment as security for a loan.

When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure;<n id="1" /> the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time;<n id="1" /> they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

&#8216;Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.&#8217; Then all the people will say, &#8216;Amen!&#8217;