Cursed H779 be he that perverts H5186 the judgment H4941 of the stranger, H1616 fatherless, H3490 and widow. H490 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 Amen. H543

And the king H4428 said H559 to her, What H4100 ails you? And she answered, H559 I am indeed H61 a widow H490 woman, H802 and my husband H376 is dead. H4191

And, behold, H2009 the whole H3605 family H4940 is risen H6965 against H5921 your handmaid, H8198 and they said, H559 Deliver H5414 him that smote H5221 his brother, H251 that we may kill H4191 him, for the life H5315 of his brother H251 whom H834 he slew; H2026 and we will destroy H8045 the heir H3423 also: H1571 and so they shall quench H3518 my coal H1513 which H834 is left, H7604 and shall not leave H7604 to my husband H376 neither H1115 name H8034 nor remainder H7611 on the earth. H127

And the woman H802 of Tekoah H8621 said H559 to the king, H4428 My lord, H113 O king, H4428 the iniquity H5771 be on H5921 me, and on H5921 my father's H1 house: H1004 and the king H4428 and his throne H3678 be guiltless. H5355

Then said H559 she, I pray H4994 you, let the king H4428 remember H2142 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 that you would not suffer the revengers H1350 of blood H1818 to destroy H7843 any more, H7235 lest they destroy H8045 my son. H1121 And he said, H559 As the LORD H3068 lives, H2416 there shall not one hair H8185 of your son H1121 fall H5307 to the earth. H776

And the woman H802 said, H559 Why H4100 then have you thought H2803 such H2063 a thing against H5921 the people H5971 of God? H430 for the king H4428 does speak H1696 this H2088 thing H1697 as one which is faulty, H818 in that the king H4428 does not fetch H7725 home H7725 again H7725 his banished. H5080

Now H6258 therefore that I am come H935 to speak H1696 of this H2088 thing H1697 to my lord H113 the king, H4428 it is because H3588 the people H5971 have made me afraid: H3372 and your handmaid H8198 said, H559 I will now H4994 speak H1696 to the king; H4428 it may be that the king H4428 will perform H6213 the request H1697 of his handmaid. H519

Then your handmaid H8198 said, H559 The word H1697 of my lord H113 the king H4428 shall now H4994 be comfortable: H4496 for as an angel H4397 of God, H430 so H3651 is my lord H113 the king H4428 to discern H8085 good H2896 and bad: H7451 therefore the LORD H3068 your God H430 will be with you.

And the king H4428 said, H559 Is not the hand H3027 of Joab H3097 with you in all H3605 this? H2063 And the woman H802 answered H6030 and said, H559 As your soul H5315 lives, H2416 my lord H113 the king, H4428 none H376 can turn to the right H3231 hand H3231 or to the left H8041 from ought that my lord H113 the king H4428 has spoken: H1696 for your servant H5650 Joab, H3097 he bade H6680 me, and he put H7760 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in the mouth H6310 of your handmaid: H8198

And the king H4428 said H559 to Joab, H3097 Behold H2009 now, H4994 I have done H6213 this H2088 thing: H1697 go H3212 therefore, bring H7725 the young H5288 man Absalom H53 again. H7725

So Joab H3097 arose H6965 and went H3212 to Geshur, H1650 and brought H935 Absalom H53 to Jerusalem. H3389

You have sent H7971 widows H490 away empty, H7387 and the arms H2220 of the fatherless H3490 have been broken. H1792

The blessing H1293 of him that was ready to perish H6 came H935 on me: and I caused the widow's H490 heart H3820 to sing H7442 for joy. H7442

Learn H3925 to do well; H3190 seek H1875 judgment, H4941 relieve H833 the oppressed, H2541 judge H8199 the fatherless, H3490 plead H7378 for the widow. H490

How H349 is the faithful H539 city H7151 become H1961 an harlot! H2181 it was full H4392 of judgment; H4941 righteousness H6664 lodged H3885 in it; but now H6258 murderers. H7523

Your princes H8269 are rebellious, H5637 and companions H2270 of thieves: H1590 every H3605 one loves H157 gifts, H7810 and follows H7291 after rewards: H8021 they judge H8199 not the fatherless, H3490 neither H3808 does the cause H7379 of the widow H490 come H935 to them.

They are waxen fat, H8080 they shine: H6245 yes, H1571 they overpass H5674 the deeds H1697 of the wicked: H7451 they judge H1777 not the cause, H1779 the cause H1779 of the fatherless, H3490 yet they prosper; H6743 and the right H4941 of the needy H34 do they not judge. H8199

And shall not God G2316 avenge G4160 his own elect, G1588 which G3588 cry G994 day G2250 and night G3571 to him, though G2532 he bear G3114 long G3114 with them?

I tell G3004 you that he will avenge G4160 them speedily. G1722 G5034 Nevertheless G4133 when the Son G5207 of man G444 comes, G2064 shall he find G2147 faith G4102 on G1909 the earth? G1093

For rulers G758 are not a terror G5401 to good G18 works, G2041 but to the evil. G2556 Will G2309 you then G1161 not be afraid G5399 of the power? G1849 do G4160 that which is good, G18 and you shall have G2192 praise G1868 of the same: G846

For he is the minister G1249 of God G2316 to you for good. G18 But if G1437 you do G4160 that which is evil, G2556 be afraid; G5399 for he bears G5409 not the sword G3162 in vain: G1500 for he is the minister G1249 of God, G2316 a revenger G1558 to execute wrath G3709 on him that does G4238 evil. G2556