Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his
cause.
] Because he is a poor man, and for that reason endeavour to
carry his cause for him, right or wrong, from a foolish pity to
him as a poor man, and from an affectation of gaining the
applause of people on that account; or "thou shalt not honour" or
"adorn" a poor man F21, by a set speech in favour of his
cause, though wrong, dressed up in the best manner, and set off
with all the colourings of art, to make it appear in the most
plausible manner; the law is against respect of persons, as not
the person of the rich, so neither is the person of the poor to
be accepted, but the justice of their cause is to be regarded; so
the Targum of Jonathan,
``the poor that is guilty in his judgment or cause, his face (or person) thou shalt not accept to have pity on him, for no person is to be accepted in judgment.''