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Ramban on Exodus 22:26/רמב"ן על שמות כ״ב:כ״ו
אוְשָׁמַעְתִּי כִּי חַנּוּן אָנִי חוֹנֵן וּמְקַבֵּל תְּחִנַּת כָּל אָדָם אע"פ שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן, מִגִּזְרַת חִנָּם. וְהָעִנְיָן, שֶׁלֹּא תַּחְשֹׁב, לֹא אֶחְבֹּל שַׂלְמַת הַצַּדִּיק, אֲבָל שַׂלְמַת אָדָם שֶׁאֵינֶנּוּ צַדִּיק אֶקַּח וְלֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ כִּי צַעֲקָתוֹ לֹא יִשְׁמַע אֵל, לְפִיכָךְ אָמַר כִּי חַנּוּן אָנִי וְשׁוֹמֵעַ צַעֲקַת כָּל מִתְחַנֵּן לִי:
1AND I WILL HEAR FOR I AM GRACIOUS — showing favor and accepting everyone’s supplication even though he is unworthy, the word chanun (gracious) being derived from the word chinam (for nothing). And the meaning of the verse is that you should not think: “I will not take the righteous man’s garment as a pledge, but the garment of a man who is not righteous I will take as a pledge and not return to him, for G-d will not hear his cry.” Therefore He said, for I am gracious and I hear the cry of all who beseech Me.