⁵ A father to the fatherless,^(A) a defender of widows,^(B)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(C)

¹⁴ But you, God, see the trouble^(A) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;^(B)
    you are the helper^(C) of the fatherless.

¹¹ ‘Leave your fatherless children;^(A) I will keep them alive.
    Your widows^(B) too can depend on me.’”

³ Defend the weak and the fatherless;^(A)
    uphold the cause of the poor^(B) and the oppressed.
⁴ Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

²⁸     and have grown fat^(A) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
    they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;^(B)
    they do not defend the just cause of the poor.^(C)

⁹ The Lord watches over the foreigner^(A)
    and sustains the fatherless^(B) and the widow,^(C)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

²³ Your rulers are rebels,^(A)
    partners with thieves;^(B)
they all love bribes^(C)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.^(D)