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!
To turn aside the needy from judgment. The effect of their conduct is, to pervert the cause of the needy, as the Hebrew may be translated. In the English version, "from judgment" means 'from obtaining justice.'
And to take away the right - `to make plunder of the right' (rightful claim) (Horsley).