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let them drink and forget their poverty,
    and remember their misery no more.
Open your mouth for the dumb,
    for the rights of all who are left desolate.[a]
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
    maintain the rights of the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Heb are sons of passing away

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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