²² “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.^{(A) 23} If you do and they cry out^(B) to me, I will certainly hear their cry.^{(C) 24} My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.^(D)

¹⁸ He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,^(A) and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.^(B)

²⁹ so that the Levites (who have no allotment^(A) or inheritance^(B) of their own) and the foreigners,^(C) the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied,^(D) and so that the Lord your God may bless^(E) you in all the work of your hands.