12Give to the Most High as he has given,
and as generously as your hand has found.
13For the Lord is the one who repays,
and he will repay you sevenfold.
14Do not offer him a bribe,
for he will not accept it;
15and do not trust to an unrighteous sacrifice;
for the Lord is the judge, and with him is no partiality.
16He will not show partiality in the case of a poor man;
and he will listen to the prayer of one who is wronged.
17He will not ignore the supplication of the fatherless,
nor the widow when she pours out her story.
18Do not the tears of the widow run down her cheek
19as she cries out against him who has caused them to fall?
20He whose service is pleasing to the Lord will be accepted,
and his prayer will reach to the clouds.
21The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds,
and he will not be consoled until it reaches the Lord;
he will not desist until the Most High visits him,
22 and does justice for the righteous, and executes judgment.
And the Lord will not delay, neither will he be patient with them,
till he crushes the loins of the unmerciful
23and repays vengeance on the nations;
till he takes away the multitude of the insolent,
and breaks the scepters of the unrighteous;
24till he repays the man according to his deeds,
and the works of men according to their devices;
25till he judges the case of his people
and makes them rejoice in his mercy.
26Mercy is as welcome when he afflicts them
as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
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