If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor.

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

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;