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

¹⁷ Learn to do right;^(A) seek justice.^(B)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](C)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(D)
    plead the case of the widow.^(E)

¹¹ You levy a straw tax on the poor^(A)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,^(B)
    you will not live in them;^(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.^(D)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.^(E)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes^(F)
    and deprive the poor^(G) of justice in the courts.^(H)

¹⁵ I was eyes^(A) to the blind
    and feet to the lame.^(B)
16 I was a father to the needy;^(C)
    I took up the case^(D) of the stranger.^(E)