11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-11)Note, 1. The fatherless are taken under God’s special protection; with him they not only find mercy shown to them (Hos. 14:3) but justice done for them. He is their Redeemer , their Goöl , their near kinsman, that will take their part and stand up for them with jealousy, as taking himself affronted in the injuries done to them. As their Redeemer he will plead their cause against those that do them…
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