²¹ If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

⁹ You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

¹² For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

²⁷ Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

⁹ The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

¹⁰ Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

¹¹ For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

²⁸ They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

⁷ In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

¹ A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

² They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

³ Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.