¹⁸ Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

⁹ The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

⁵ A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

¹⁷ But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.

⁴⁵ So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

³ Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.

¹¹ Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

¹⁷ Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

⁹ The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

⁶ The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

²² Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.