Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

你当为哑巴开口，为一切孤独的伸冤。

你当为不能自辩的人开口，为所有孤独无助者伸冤。

你当为不能自辩的人开口，为所有孤独无助者伸冤。

要为不能自辩者说话，为一切不幸的人申冤。

你要为不能自辩的人开口说话，为所有贫苦的人伸冤。

你当为哑巴和所有孤苦人的争讼开口。

你當為啞巴開口，為一切孤獨的伸冤。

你當為不能自辯的人開口，為所有孤獨無助者伸冤。

你當為不能自辯的人開口，為所有孤獨無助者伸冤。

要為不能自辯者說話，為一切不幸的人伸冤。

你要為不能自辯的人開口說話，為所有貧苦的人伸冤。

你要為啞巴開口，為一切行將過去的人辦案件；

你當為啞巴和所有孤苦人的爭訟開口。

當為喑啞者啟口、為孤獨者伸冤、

喑者代為口、危者伸其冤。

爾當為不敢自辨者不敢自辨者原文作瘖者啟口、為一切孤獨者伸冤、

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

Speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves. Speak up for the rights of all those who are poor.

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.

Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

Open your mouth for the people who cannot speak, For the rights of all the unfortunate.

Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.If you say,“ But we did not know about this,” does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

However, Ahikam son of Shaphan used his influence to keep Jeremiah from being handed over and executed by the people.

Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said,“ This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the LORD our God.”Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,“ Micah from Moresheth prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah,‘ The LORD who rules over all says,“ Zion will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble. The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge.”’King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the LORD and seek the LORD’s favor? Did not the LORD forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves.”

Ahimelech replied to the king,“ Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse his servant or any of my father’s house. For your servant is not aware of all this– not in whole or in part!”

“ Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,“ Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order:“ Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

he said to take back this answer to Esther:“ Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!”Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:“ Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!”

So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul. He said to him,“ The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice and took an oath,“ As surely as the LORD lives, he will not be put to death.”Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

Jonathan responded to his father Saul,“ Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”