¹³ Yahweh stands up to contend, And stands to judge the peoples.

² Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, And you enduring foundations of the earth; For Yahweh has a controversy with his people, And he will contend with Israel.

⁵ "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

²² Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court;

²³ For Yahweh will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them.

¹⁰ Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

¹ Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; For Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, Nor goodness, Nor knowledge of God in the land.

² There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; They break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.