Job 29:7-17, Psa 58:1-2, 82:2-4, Pro 17:15, 31:8-9, Isa 1:17, 23 | ESV | STEP | When I went out to the gate of the city , when I prepared my seat in the square ,

Job 29:7-17

7 When I went out to ^athe gate of the city,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
8 the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose and stood;
9 the princes refrained from talking
and ^blaid their hand on their mouth;
10 the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their ^ctongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I ^ddelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^eThe blessing of him who was ^fabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^gthe widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I ^hput on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and ⁱa turban.
15 I was ^jeyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out ^kthe cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I ^lbroke ^mthe fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

Psalms 58:1-2

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to ⁿDo Not Destroy. A ^oMiktam ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David.

1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? ^{▼▼Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)}
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands ^rdeal out violence on earth.

Psalms 82:2-4

2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and ^sshow partiality to ^tthe wicked? Selah
3 ^uGive justice to ^vthe weak and the fatherless;
^wmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 ^xRescue the weak and the needy;
^ydeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Proverbs 17:15

15 He who ^zjustifies the wicked and he who ^aacondemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 31:8-9

8 ^abOpen your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute. ^{▼▼Hebrew are sons of passing away}
9 Open your mouth, ^adjudge righteously,
^aedefend the rights of ^afthe poor and needy.

Isaiah 1:17

17 learn to do good;
^agseek justice,
correct oppression;
^ahbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

Isaiah 1:23

23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^ailoves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^ajThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.