I was like a father to needy people. I stood up for strangers in court.

我为穷乏人的父；素不认识的人，我查明他的案件。

我作贫穷人的父；我不认识之人的案件，我也去查明。

我作贫穷人的父；我不认识之人的案件，我也去查明。

我做穷人的父，为陌生人申冤。

我作过贫穷人的父亲，我查究过我素来不认识的人的案件。

我為窮乏人的父；素不認識的人，我查明他的案件。

我作貧窮人的父；我不認識之人的案件，我也去查明。

我作貧窮人的父；我不認識之人的案件，我也去查明。

我做窮人的父，為陌生人伸冤。

我作過貧窮人的父親，我查究過我素來不認識的人的案件。

我做了窮人的父；我查明素不認識者的案件。

為貧乏者之父、察不識者之事、

我濟困乏、猶父之慈子、疏者我為之理其事、

我為貧者之父、素不識者、我為之伸冤抑、

I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.

I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.

I was a father to the poor, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.

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

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him who I didn’t know.

Those who do what is right want to treat poor people fairly. But those who do what is wrong don’t care about the poor.

When God hides a matter, he gets glory. When kings figure out a matter, they get glory.

God is in his holy temple. He is a father to children whose fathers have died. He takes care of women whose husbands have died.

Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah. He had raised her because she didn’t have a father or mother. Hadassah was also called Esther. She had a lovely figure and was very beautiful. Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. He had done it when her father and mother died.

From the time I was young, I’ve helped those widows. I’ve raised those children as a father would.

You are the children that God dearly loves. So follow his example.

People will bring their cases to your courts. But some cases will be too hard for you to judge. They might be about murders, attacks or other crimes. Then take those hard cases to the place the Lord your God will choose.Go to a priest, who is a Levite. And go to the judge who is in office at that time. Ask them for their decision. They will give it to you.They’ll hand down their decisions at the place the Lord will choose. You must do what they decide. Be careful to do everything they tell you to do.

They push those who are needy out of their way. They force all the poor people in the land to go into hiding.

Two prostitutes came to the king. They stood in front of him.One of them said,“ Pardon me, my master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me.Three days after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone. There wasn’t anyone in the house but the two of us.“ During the night this woman’s baby died. It happened because she was lying on top of him.So she got up in the middle of the night. She took my son from my side while I was asleep. She put him by her breast. Then she put her dead son by my breast.The next morning, I got up to nurse my son. But he was dead! I looked at him closely in the morning light. And I saw that it wasn’t my baby.”The other woman said,“ No! The living baby is my son. The dead one belongs to you.” But the first woman said,“ No! The dead baby is yours. The living one belongs to me.” So they argued in front of the king.The king said,“ One of you says,‘ My son is alive. Your son is dead.’ The other one says,‘ No! Your son is dead. Mine is alive.’ ”He continued,“ Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to him.Then he gave an order. He said,“ Cut the living child in two. Give half to one woman and half to the other.”The woman whose son was alive was filled with deep love for her son. She said to the king,“ My master, please give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” But the other woman said,“ Neither one of us will have him. Cut him in two!”Then the king made his decision. He said,“ Give the living baby to the first woman. Don’t kill him. She’s his mother.”All the Israelites heard about the decision the king had given. That gave them great respect for him. They saw that God had given him wisdom. They knew that Solomon would do what was right and fair when he judged people.

Here are the beliefs and way of life that God our Father accepts as pure and without fault. When widows are in trouble, take care of them. Do the same for children who have no parents. And don’t let the world make you impure.

They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses. But they decided the easy ones themselves.

So you must ask people some questions. You must check out the matter carefully. If it’s true, an evil thing has really happened among you. It’s something the Lord hates.