¹⁴ Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.

¹¹ destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.^(A)

⁵ Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.^(A)
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.^(B)