“You must not afflict ¹  any widow or orphan.

if I have raised my hand ¹  to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court, ² 

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! ¹  Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow! ² 

They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who ¹  had no one to assist him;

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

‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Yes, you would gamble ¹  for the fatherless, and auction off ²  your friend.

If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans ¹  –

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! ¹  Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. ¹ 

Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!” ¹ 

who justly treats ¹  the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.’

When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; ¹  the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

The fatherless child is snatched ¹  from the breast, ²  the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge. ³ 

but from my youth I raised the orphan ¹  like a father, and from my mother’s womb ²  I guided the widow! ³ 

You defend ¹  the fatherless and oppressed, ²  so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them. ³ 

Your officials are rebels, ¹  they associate with ²  thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for ³  payoffs. ⁴  They do not take up the cause of the orphan, ⁵  or defend the rights of the widow. ⁶