22 Do not rob the poor man because he is poor,+

And do not crush the lowly man in the city gate,+

23 For Jehovah himself will plead their cause+

And he will take the life* of those who defraud them.

10 Woe to those who enact harmful regulations,+

Who constantly draft oppressive decrees,

 2 To deny the legal claim of the poor,

To deprive the lowly among my people of justice,+

Making widows their spoil

And fatherless children* their plunder!+

 3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,*+

When destruction comes from afar?+

To whom will you flee for assistance,+

And where will you leave your wealth?*