1`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
2`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
4`When thou meetest thine enemy`s ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
5when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving [it] to it -- thou dost certainly leave [it] with him.
6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
