“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge,
Here, I. Masters are commanded to be just to their poor servants, Deu 24:14, Deu 24:15. 1. They must not oppress them, by overloading them with work, by giving them undue and unreasonable rebukes, or by withholding from them proper maintenance.
Commenting on Deuteronomy 24:14-22
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless,.... Who are unable to defend themselves, and have but few, if any, to take their part; and therefore particular care should be taken by judges and civil magistrates to do them justice, or God will require it of them: nor take a widow's raiment to pledge; nor anything else, as her ox...
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: (g) Because the world valued these people least, therefore God has most care over them.