KJV:
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
NASB:
because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
KJV:
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
NASB:
"But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
KJV:
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
NASB:
"They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
KJV:
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
NASB:
"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.
KJV:
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
NASB:
"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
KJV:
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
NASB:
"Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
KJV:
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
NASB:
If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering,
KJV:
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
NASB:
For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."
KJV:
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
NASB:
All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"