⁵ “Because the poor are plundered^(A) and the needy groan,^(B)
    I will now arise,^(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them^(D) from those who malign them.”

¹⁰ My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you,^(A) Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong^(B) for them,
    the poor and needy^(C) from those who rob them.”

⁵ A father to the fatherless,^(A) a defender of widows,^(B)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(C)

¹² I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor^(A)
    and upholds the cause^(B) of the needy.^(C)

¹³ The Lord takes his place in court;^(A)
    he rises to judge^(B) the people.
¹⁴ The Lord enters into judgment^(C)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder^(D) from the poor^(E) is in your houses.
¹⁵ What do you mean by crushing my people^(F)
    and grinding^(G) the faces of the poor?”^(H)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.^(I)