⁸ Speak^(A) up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
⁹ Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.^(B)

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)

²² “Turn^(A) to me and be saved,^(B)
    all you ends of the earth;^(C)
    for I am God, and there is no other.^(D)
23 By myself I have sworn,^(E)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(F)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(G)
Before me every knee will bow;^(H)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(I)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance^(J) and strength.^(K)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.^(L)

⁸ He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly^(A) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly^[a](B) with your God.^(C)