Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying,‘ Give me justice against my opponent.’

那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。’

那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’

那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’

那城里有一位寡妇常常来哀求这位审判官，说，‘求你为我申冤，惩办我的对头。’

那城里有一个寡妇，常常来到他那里，说：‘求你给我伸冤，使我脱离我的对头！’

那城里有一个寡妇，经常到他那里去，说：‘请为我向我的对头讨个公道。’

那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。』

那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』

那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』

那城裡有一位寡婦常常來哀求這位審判官，說，『求你為我伸冤，懲辦我的對頭。』

那城裡有一個寡婦，常常來到他那裡，說：‘求你給我伸冤，使我脫離我的對頭！’

那城裏有個寡婦，常去見他說，「從告我的對頭身上給我伸冤吧。」

那城裡有一個寡婦，經常到他那裡去，說：『請為我向我的對頭討個公道。』

其邑有嫠、屢就之曰、有仇我者、祈伸我冤、

有嫠入見曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、

其邑有一嫠婦、入見之曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、

邑中有一嫠婦含冤、頻來訴、請為昭雪。

And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea,‘ Grant me justice against my adversary.’

A widow lived in that town. She came to the judge again and again. She kept begging him,‘ Make things right for me. Someone is treating me badly.’

And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’

A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying,‘ Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’

Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying,‘ Get justice for me from my adversary.’

and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying,‘ Defend me from my adversary!’

Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor, Obtain justice for the orphan, Plead for the widow’s case.

For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same;for it is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a servant of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

‘ Cursed is one who distorts the justice due a stranger, an orphan, or a widow.’ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen.’

You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of orphans has been crushed.

And the king said to her,“ What is troubling you?” And she answered,“ Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.And your servant had two sons, but the two of them fought in the field, and there was no one to save them from each other, so one struck the other and killed him.Now behold, the entire family has risen against your servant, and they have said,‘ Hand over the one who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and eliminate the heir as well.’ So they will extinguish my coal which is left, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”Then the king said to the woman,“ Go to your home, and I will issue orders concerning you.”The woman of Tekoa said to the king,“ My lord, the king, the guilt is on me and my father’s house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”So the king said,“ Whoever speaks to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”Then she said,“ May the king please remember the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son.” And he said,“ As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”Then the woman said,“ Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said,“ Speak.”The woman said,“ Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is like one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. Yet God does not take away life, but makes plans so that the banished one will not be cast out from Him.Now then, the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your servant said,‘ Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the request of his slave.For the king will listen, to save his slave from the hand of the man who would eliminate both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’Then your servant said,‘ Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’ ”Then the king answered and said to the woman,“ Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you.” And the woman said,“ Let my lord the king please speak.”So the king said,“ Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman replied,“ As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant.In order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is on the earth.”Then the king said to Joab,“ Behold now, I will certainly do this thing; go then, bring back the young man Absalom.”And Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself, and blessed the king; then Joab said,“ Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.However, the king said,“ He shall return to his own house, but he shall not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house and did not see the king’s face.

The blessing of the one who was about to perish came upon me, And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

How the faithful city has become a prostitute, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once dwelt in her, But now murderers.Your silver has become waste matter, Your drink diluted with water.Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after gifts. They do not obtain justice for the orphan, Nor does the widow’s case come before them.

They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they may be successful; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

now, will God not bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night, and will He delay long for them?I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”