Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 26:10 - Revised Standard Version men in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In whose hands is mischief, And their right hand is full of bribes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In whose hands is wickedness, and their right hands are full of bribes. American Standard Version (1901) In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes. Common English Bible in whose hands are evil schemes, whose strong hands are full of bribes. Catholic Public Domain Version For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up. |
Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
for lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have fitted their arrow to the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
He plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil.
you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil,
For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Yet his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.