Openyour mouthfor the mute,For the rightsof allthe unfortunate.
"The princesstoppedtalkingAnd put[their] handson their mouths;
Let the groaningof the prisonercomebeforeYou; According to the greatnessof Your powerpreservethosewhoare doomedto die.
GodtakesHis standin His own congregation;He judgesin the midstof the rulers.
Wisdomis [too] exaltedfor a fool,He does not openhis mouthin the gate.
The righteousis concernedfor the rightsof the poor,The wickeddoes not understand[such] concern.
Let him drinkand forgethis povertyAnd rememberhis troublenomore.
O houseof David,thussaysthe LORD:"Administerjusticeevery morning;And deliverthe [person] who has been robbedfrom the powerof [his] oppressor,That My wrathmay not goforthlike fireAnd burnwith noneto extinguish[it], Becauseof the evilof their deeds.
But the handof Ahikamthe sonof Shaphanwas with Jeremiah,so that he was not giveninto the handsof the peopleto puthim to death.
"Our Lawdoes not judgea manunlessit firsthearsfrom him and knowswhathe is doing,does it?"
But JonathanansweredSaulhis fatherand saidto him, "Whyshould he be putto death?Whathas he done?"
