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11 Rescue captives condemned to death,
and spare those staggering toward slaughter.
12 If you say, “We did not know about this,”
won’t the one who weighs motives notice?
Won’t the one who guards your life know about it,
and won’t he repay people according to what each one has done?

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A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a driving rain that leaves no food.

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27 A person who gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but a person who closes his eyes to them will receive many curses.

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Speak up for those who cannot speak.
Speak for the rights of all those who are defenseless.
Speak up, judge fairly,
and defend the oppressed and needy.

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