Study it in the app“to turn aside the poor from judgment, and to rob the afflicted of my people of justice, so that widows become their spoil, and that they may plunder the orphans!”
Woe to those who write laws that strip the poor of their rightsJustice and mercy
to turn asideלְהַטּוֹתthe poorדַּלִּיםfrom judgment,מִדִּיןand to robוְלִגְזֹלthe afflictedעֲנִיֵּיof my peopleעַמִּיof justice,מִשְׁפַּטso that widowsאַלְמָנוֹתbecomeלִהְיוֹתtheir spoil,שְׁלָלָםand that they may plunderיָבֹזּוּthe orphans!וְ יְתוֹמִים
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “hatot” appearspoor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appearsjudgment
What the judge decides.
Where else “din” appearsseize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “gezol” appearspoor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “aniye” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearswidow
Widow.
Where else “almanot” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “heot” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelala” appearsplunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “yavozu” appearsfatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yetomim” appears1Woe to those who decree decrees of wickedness, and to the writers who write suffering,
2 · This verse (above)
3And what will you do on the day of visitation, and in the storm that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
