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Give liquor to someone who is perishing,
    and wine to someone who is deeply depressed.[a]
Let him drink, forget his poverty,
    and remember his troubles no more.

Speak for those who cannot speak;
    seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:6 Lit. one whose soul is bitter
  2. Proverbs 31:8 Lit. all sons of destruction