But as for the mighty man, he possessed the earth, and the honorable man lived in it.
He leads away priests stripped and overthrows the mighty.
Will you take His side? Will you plead for God?
did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
The wicked prowl on every side, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
the captain of fifty and the honorable man, the counselor and the skillful artisan, and the eloquent orator.
The elder and honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
Both hands are upon evil, to do it well. The prince and the judge request the bribe, the powerful asserts the craving of his very soul— they intertwine together.