God is intensely concerned for the weak, the orphaned, the poor, and the powerless (verses 3–4). Christians will be moved to help the needy and the poor if their faith is genuine (James 2:14–17; 1 John 3:16–18). God is committed to justice because, remarkably, he identifies with the poor. To oppress the poor is to disdain him (Proverbs 14:31). Only in Jesus Christ do we learn just how far God would go to identify with the poor and oppressed. He became a poor human being who died on the cross, a victim of human injustice.
