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

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

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 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.

The godly care about the rights of the poor; the wicked don’t care at all.

It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.

Father to the fatherless, defender of widows— this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

This man had a very beautiful and lovely young cousin, Hadassah, who was also called Esther. When her father and mother died, Mordecai adopted her into his family and raised her as his own daughter.

No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.

Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.

“ Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide— for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the Lord your God will choose,and present them to the Levitical priests or the judge on duty at that time. They will hear the case and declare the verdict.You must carry out the verdict they announce and the sentence they prescribe at the place the Lord chooses. You must do exactly what they say.

The poor are pushed off the path; the needy must hide together for safety.

Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.“ Please, my lord,” one of them began,“ this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house.Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.“ But her baby died during the night when she rolled over on it.Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t my son at all.”Then the other woman interrupted,“ It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine.”“ No,” the first woman said,“ the living child is mine, and the dead one is yours.” And so they argued back and forth before the king.Then the king said,“ Let’s get the facts straight. Both of you claim the living child is yours, and each says that the dead one belongs to the other.All right, bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to the king.Then he said,“ Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out,“ Oh no, my lord! Give her the child— please do not kill him!” But the other woman said,“ All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”Then the king said,“ Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given him for rendering justice.

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

These men were always available to solve the people’s common disputes. They brought the major cases to Moses, but they took care of the smaller matters themselves.

In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find that the report is true and such a detestable act has been committed among you,