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II

The Lord does righteous deeds,
    brings justice to all the oppressed.(A)

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The Lord works righteousness(A)
    and justice for all the oppressed.(B)

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    secures justice for the oppressed,(A)
    who gives bread to the hungry.
The Lord sets prisoners free;(B)

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He upholds(A) the cause of the oppressed(B)
    and gives food to the hungry.(C)
The Lord sets prisoners free,(D)

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The Lord protects the resident alien,
    comes to the aid of the orphan and the widow,(A)
    but thwarts the way of the wicked.

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

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20 You shall not oppress or afflict a resident alien, for you were once aliens residing in the land of Egypt.(A) 21 You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. 22 If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely listen to their cry.

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20 “Whoever sacrifices to any god(A) other than the Lord must be destroyed.[a](B)

21 “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner,(C) for you were foreigners(D) in Egypt.

22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

37 The widow they do not pity, the orphan they do not help.

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