# make straight the oppression

“correct oppression”. Correcting someone’s behavior is spoken of as making it straight. In this case it would mean to stop people from oppressing others. Alternate translations: “rebuke oppressors” or “help those who are oppressed” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])

# give justice to the fatherless

"be fair to the children who do not have fathers"

# defend the widow

"protect the women whose husbands have died"