To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. {is afflicted: Heb. melteth}

He evil entreateth the barren {that} beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex {her}, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life {time}. {a wife...: or, one wife to another}

Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on {me}, to take away my reproach among men.

[{A Psalm} of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

{They that were} full have hired out themselves for bread; and {they that were} hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

{Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. lodge}

He evil entreateth the barren {that} beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. {let...: Heb. let thy name be called upon us} {to take...: or, take thou away}

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex {her}, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life {time}. {a wife...: or, one wife to another}

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. {go up...: Heb. go and go down}

If indeed ye will magnify {yourselves} against me, and plead against me my reproach:

And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God {was}, and Samuel was laid down {to sleep};

For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.