¹⁰ My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you,^(A) Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong^(B) for them,
    the poor and needy^(C) from those who rob them.”

³ Defend the weak and the fatherless;^(A)
    uphold the cause of the poor^(B) and the oppressed.
⁴ Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁹ They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,^(A)
    their righteousness endures^(B) forever;
    their horn^[a] will be lifted^(C) high in honor.

⁷ He raises the poor^(A) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(B) from the ash heap;

¹² I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor^(A)
    and upholds the cause^(B) of the needy.^(C)

⁷ The righteous care about justice for the poor,^(A)
    but the wicked have no such concern.

⁹ Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.^(A)