^8 (A)Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.^[a]
9 Open your mouth, ^(B)judge righteously,
    ^(C)defend the rights of ^(D)the poor and needy.

¹⁷     learn to do good;
^(A)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
^(B)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

^3 (A)Give justice to ^(B)the weak and the fatherless;
    ^(C)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

²⁶ Like ^(A)a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
    is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

⁸ He has told you, O man, what is good;
    and ^(A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,^[a]
    and to ^(B)walk humbly with your God?