Verse 3

Sela. Defende the poore & fatherlesse, se that soch as be in nede & necessite haue right.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 10:18 : 18 Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right, that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth.
• Jer 22:16 : 16 Yee when he helped ye oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this, but only because he had me before his eyes? saieth the LORDE.
• Deut 24:17 : 17 Thou shalt not wrest the righte of the straunger and of the fatherlesse. And ye wedowes rayment shalt thou not take to pledge:
• Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus the LORDE commaundeth: kepe equite and rightuousnesse, delyuer the oppressed fro the power off the violent: do not greue ner oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse ner the wyddowe, ad shed no innocet bloude in this place.
• Deut 10:18 : 18 and doeth righte vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe, and loueth the straunger, to geue him fode & rayment.
• Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.
• Isa 1:17 : 17 Lerne to do right, applie youre selues to equyte, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his right, let the wydowes complaynte come before you.
• Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues. They loue giftes altogether, and folowe rewardes. As for the fatherles, they helpe him not to his right, nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them.
• Jer 5:28 : 28 herof are they fat and welthy, and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies. They ministre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite.