Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) to open 1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to free 1c2) to loosen 1c3) to open, open oneself 1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself 2) to carve, engrave 2a) (Piel) to engrave 2b) (Pual) to be engraved">6605 [e] פְּתַח־ pə-ṯaḥ- Open V-Qal-Imp-ms 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21">6310 [e] פִּ֥יךָ pî-ḵā your mouth N-msc | 2ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man) 1a1a) to rule, govern, judge 1a2) to decide controversy (of God, man) 1a3) to execute judgment 1a3a) discriminating (of man) 1a3b) vindicating 1a3c) condemning and punishing 1a3d) at theophanic advent for final judgment 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together 1b2) to be judged 1c) (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)">8199 [e] שְׁפָט־ šə-p̄āṭ- judge V-Qal-Imp-ms 1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) 1b) righteousness (in government) 1b1) of judges, rulers, kings 1b2) of law 1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah 1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government 1b5) of God's attribute 1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause) 1d) rightness (in speech) 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity 1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption 1f2) in name of Messianic king 1f3) of people enjoying salvation 1f4) of Cyrus">6664 [e] צֶ֑דֶק ṣe-ḏeq; righteously N-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as judge, minister judgment 1a2) to plead a cause 1a3) to execute judgment, requite, vindicate 1a4) to govern 1a5) to contend, strive 1b) (Niphal) to be at strife, quarrel">1777 [e] וְ֝דִ֗ין wə-ḏîn, and plead the cause Conj-w | V-Qal-Imp-ms 1a) poor, needy 1b) poor and weak 1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched 1d) humble, lowly">6041 [e] עָנִ֥י ‘ā-nî of the poor Adj-ms 2) subject to oppression and abuse 3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God 4) general reference to lowest class">34 [e] וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ wə-’eḇ-yō-wn. and needy Conj-w | Adj-ms   פ p̄ - Punc

New American Standard Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

King James Bible
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne …

Proverbs 20:8 A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Leviticus 19:15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect …

Deuteronomy 1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between …

Deuteronomy 16:18-20 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the …

2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and …

Psalm 58:1,2 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, …

Psalm 72:1,2 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son…

Job 29:12,15,16 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and …

Isaiah 1:17,23 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the …

Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with …

Isaiah 32:1,2 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule …

Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the …

Jeremiah 22:3,15,16 Thus said the LORD; Execute you judgment and righteousness, and deliver …

Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David …

Daniel 4:27 Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your …

Amos 5:11,12 For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take …

Zechariah 7:9 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and …

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: …

John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, …

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat …

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