Job 29:12

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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

There were those who said, "With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive."

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.' The Lord says, 'That is a good example of what it means to know me.'

Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.