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:
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
NASB:
Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
KJV:
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
NASB:
So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted--
KJV:
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
NASB:
"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
KJV:
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
NASB:
"He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression.
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:
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
NASB:
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
KJV:
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
NASB:
He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
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."