45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their [a]cause.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:45 justice

For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

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25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so (A)that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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28 They have grown (A)fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they [a]surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead (B)the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
(C)Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:28 Or pass over or overlook

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