Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.
But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Does our law judge a man, unless it first may hear from himself and know what he does?
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? What has he done?
Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.
The rulers refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
God stands in the congregation of God. He judges among the gods.
A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.
Let him drink, and forget his need, and remember his misery no more.
O house of David, thus says LORD: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your do