for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
The poor man has no human defender in court, yet God Himself will conduct his cause and vindicate him, this is what deters the oppressor. To rob the lowly because he is lowly, counting him powerless and unafraid, is to forget that Jahve stands over him as his avenger.
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Commenting on Proverbs 22:22-23
To rob the poor because he is poor is cowardly and unnatural; to oppress them in the gate where justice should protect them compounds the cruelty. Yet God will plead their cause and make reprisals on those who trample them, for He is their powerful patron.
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Commenting on Proverbs 22:22-23
For the Lord will plead their cause,.... If counsellors at the bar will not, he will; if judges on the bench will not do them justice, he will; he will judge the poor of the people; he will plead their cause, and plead it thoroughly, till he has brought forth judgment unto victory: woe to the man against whom Jehovah pleads; happy the poor on...