8 ^aOpen your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are¹ appointed to die. ‡

9 Open your mouth, ^ajudge righteously,
And ^bplead the cause of the poor and needy. ‡

11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her;
So he will have no lack of gain.

12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.