But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.”
Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me.”
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
You have seen, O Lord; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
‘As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—declares the Lord—I will repay you on this plot of ground.’ Now therefore take him up and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”
And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
“What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
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