⁷ You who ^(A)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”

^6 (A)Those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And ^(B)have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”

⁴ They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up ^(A)like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

¹² Are You not ^(A)from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, ^(B)You have appointed them for judgment;
O Rock, You have marked them for ^(C)correction.
¹³ You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
¹⁴ Why do You make men like fish of the sea,
Like creeping things that have no ruler over them?

^11 (A)Therefore, because you ^[a]tread down the poor
And take grain ^[b]taxes from him,
Though ^(B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted ^[c]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
¹² For I ^(C)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
^(D)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
^(E)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.