Verse 7
And hath not oppressed any ,.... By fraud or force, particularly the poor, to the great grief and hurt of them:
but hath restored to the debtor his pledge ; which was pawned; not embezzling it, or keeping it beyond the time fixed by the law of God, Deuteronomy 24:12 ;
hath spoiled none by violence ; has not committed theft and robbery, or done injury to any man's person and property:
hath given his bread to the hungry ; which was his own; what he had laboured for, and come by honestly, and so had a right to dispose of; and being merciful, as well as just, eats not his morsel alone, but distributes it to the poor and hungry, Isaiah 58:7 ;
and hath covered the naked with a garment ; as Job did, as well as the former, and for which Dorcas is commended, Job 31:17 .
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