Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

Against you – you above all – I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.