¹¹ Rescue those who are being led away to death,
    and save those who stumble toward slaughter.
¹² If you say, “Look here, we didn’t know about this,”
    doesn’t God,^[a] who examines motives,^[b] discern it?
Doesn’t the one who guards your soul
    know about it?
Won’t he repay each person
    according to what he has done?

³ A poor man who oppresses the weak
    is like a rainstorm that destroys all^[a] the crops.

²⁷ Whoever gives to the poor will never lack,
    but whoever shuts his eyes to their poverty^[a] will be cursed.

⁸ Speak for those who cannot speak;
    seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.^[a]
9 Speak up, judge righteously,
    and defend the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.