Isaiah 10:2

Isa 10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!

Ver. 2. To turn away the needy from judgment. ] To put them beside their right, because indigent, and overweighed by the wealthy ones: Quorum aureae literae apud tales iudices possunt omnia.

And to take away the right. ] Heb., To tear it away by force.

And that they may rob the fatherless. ] Rob the spittle, as we used to say. Unrighteous ruledom is but robbery with authority. a

a Iudex iniustus latro cum privilegio est. - Columel., lib. i.