⁴ The king establishes the land by justice,
But he who receives bribes overthrows it.

¹⁴ The king who judges the ^(A)poor with truth,
His throne will be established forever.

³ That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a ^(A)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.

⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

¹³ “Woe^(A) to him who builds his house by unrighteousness
And his ^[a]chambers by injustice,
^(B)Who uses his neighbor’s service without wages
And gives him nothing for his work,
¹⁴ Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious ^[b]chambers,
And cut out windows for it,
Paneling it with cedar
And painting it with vermilion.’

¹⁵ “Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness?
Then ^(C)it was well with him.
¹⁶ He ^[c]judged the cause of the poor and needy;
Then it was well.
Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
¹⁷ “Yet^(D) your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”

“In an ^(A)acceptable^[a] time I have heard You,
And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will ^[b]preserve You ^(B)and give You
As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth,
To cause them to inherit the desolate ^[c]heritages;