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Defend the poor and yatom (fatherless); do justice to the oni (afflicted) and needy.

Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the yad resha’im.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in choshech; all the foundations of ha’aretz are shaken.

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Defend the weak and the fatherless;(A)
    uphold the cause of the poor(B) and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(C)
    They walk about in darkness;(D)
    all the foundations(E) of the earth are shaken.

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