Proverbs 31:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷let them drink and forget their poverty,
    and remember their misery no more.
⁸Speak out for those who cannot speak,
    for the rights of all the destitute.^[a]
⁹Speak out, judge righteously,
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.

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Proverbs 31:8 Heb all children of passing away

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