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Vulgate (Latin)   
non despiciet preces pupilli nec viduam si effundat loquellam gemitus

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
He does not ignore the supplication of the orphan, or that of the widow when she pours out her complaint.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He will not ignore the supplication of the orphan, or the widow when she pours out her complaint.
Good News Translation®   
The prayer of a humble person goes past the clouds and keeps on going until it reaches the Lord Most High, where it stays until he answers by seeing that justice is done and that the guilty are punished.
Wycliffe Bible   
The prayer of him that meeketh himself shall pierce (the) clouds, and till it nigheth (or approacheth), he shall not be comforted, and he shall not go away, till the Highest behold (him). And the Lord shall not be far [or long away], but he shall judge just [or rightwise] men, and shall make doom;
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and he will not be consoled until it reaches the Lord; he will not desist until the Most High visits him, and does justice for the righteous, and executes judgment.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
He will not ignore the supplication of the orphan or the widow when she pours out her complaint.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
He will not ignore the supplication of the orphan, or the widow when she pours out her complaint.
Common English Bible © 2011   
God will never ignore an orphan’s plea, nor that of a widow when she pours out a complaint.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
He does not forsake the cry of the orphan, nor the widow when she pours out her complaint.
Revised Standard Version   
The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and he will not be consoled until it reaches the Lord; he will not desist until the Most High visits him, and does justice for the righteous, and executes judgment.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
He will not ignore the supplication of the orphan, or the widow when she pours out her complaint.