“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 justice and to rob the poor of My people of their right—the specific catalogue of injustice reveals that the oppressed poor are God's special concern and that their victimization represents a direct affront to God's character. The possessive 'My people' suggests that God identifies with the poor so completely that injustice against them is injustice against God Himself. This establishes an unbreakable link between faith in God and advocacy for the vulnerable.
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