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13 The Lord shall not take a person against a poor man (The Lord will not favour someone over a poor person); and he shall hear the prayer of him that is hurt.

14 He shall not despise the prayers of a fatherless child, neither a widow, if she sheddeth out (the) speech of wailing. [He shall not despise the prayers of the fatherless child, nor the widow, if she poured out the speech of wailing.]

15 Whether the tears of a widow go not down to the cheek, and the crying of her on him that leadeth forth those tears? For why those ascend from the cheek unto heaven, and the Lord hearing shall not delight in those [or in them].

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