² saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor ^[a]regard man. ³ Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ^[b]‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ ⁴ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, ^5 (A)yet because this widow troubles me I will ^[c]avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

⁷ And ^(A)shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?