¹⁵ The Lord hates two things.
    He hates it when the guilty are set free.
    He also hates it when those who aren’t guilty are punished.

⁵ It isn’t good to favor those who do wrong.
    That would keep justice from those who aren’t guilty.

⁸ The path of those who are guilty is crooked.
    But the conduct of those who are not guilty is honest.

Taking sides in court is not good.
²⁴     A curse will fall on those who say the guilty are not guilty.
Nations will ask for bad things to happen to them.
    People will speak against them.
²⁵ But it will go well with those who sentence guilty people.
    Rich blessings will come to them.