I {was} a father to the poor: and the cause {which} I knew not I searched out.

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed {is} he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. {the poor: or, the weak, or, sick} {in time...: Heb. in the day of evil}

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. {such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. {ceased: Heb. rested}

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. {oppression: or, deceit} {wrongfully: Heb. without right}

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Shalt thou reign, because thou closest {thyself} in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, {and} then {it was} well with him?

In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. {oppression: or, deceit}

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; {Is it} not for you to know judgment?

I {was} a father to the poor: and the cause {which} I knew not I searched out.

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: {in a city: Gr. in a certain city}

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

{That} hath taken off his hand from the poor, {that} hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.