When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers,(A)
but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

A destitute leader[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.(B)

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,(C)
but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:3 LXX reads A wicked man

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