Let him drink, that he may forget [a]his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Open thy mouth for the [b]dumb in the cause of all the children of destruction.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and judge the afflicted, and the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:7 For wine doth comfort the heart, as Ps. 104:15.
  2. Proverbs 31:8 Defend their cause that are not able to help themselves.

Let them drink(A) and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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

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