I consultedwith myself and contendedwith the noblesand the rulersand saidto them, "You are exactingusury,eachfrom his brother!"Therefore, I helda greatassemblyagainstthem.
Let the creditorseizeallthat he has, And let strangersplunderthe productof his labor.
O LORD,whomay abidein Your tent?Whomay dwellon Your holyhill?
He does not putout his moneyat interest,Nordoes he takea bribeagainstthe innocent.He who doesthesethingswill neverbe shaken.
[When You said], "SeekMy face,"my heartsaidto You, "Your face,O LORD,I shall seek."
Tremble,and do not sin;Meditatein your heartupon your bed,and be still.Selah.
Whowill standup for me againstevildoers?Whowill takehis standfor me againstthose who dowickedness?
and My angerwill be kindled,and I will killyou with the sword,and your wivesshall becomewidowsand your childrenfatherless.
"Ifyou lendmoneyto My people,to the pooramongyou, you are not to actas a creditorto him; you shall not chargehim interest.
Betteris openrebukeThanlovethat is concealed.
Those who forsakethe lawpraisethe wicked,But those who keepthe lawstrivewith them.
"In you they have takenbribesto shedblood;you have takeninterestand profits,and you have injuredyour neighborsfor gainby oppression,and you have forgottenMe," declaresthe LordGOD.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Enough,you princesof Israel;putawayviolenceand destruction,and practicejusticeand righteousness.Stopyour expropriationsfrom My people,"declaresthe LordGOD.
You shall donoinjusticein judgment;you shall not be partialto the poornordeferto the great,but you are to judgeyour neighborfairly.
Do not takeusuriousinterestfrom him, but revereyour God,that your countrymanmay livewith you.
"Ifhe refusesto listento them, tellit to the church;and ifhe refuses to listenevento the church,let him be to you as a Gentileand a tax collector.
Thereforefrom nowon we recognizeno oneaccordingto the flesh;eventhoughwe have knownChristaccordingto the flesh,yetnowwe know[Him] [in this way] no longer.
But whenCephascameto Antioch,I opposedhim to his face,becausehe stood condemned.
Thosewho continue in sin,rebukein the presenceof all,sothat the restalsowill be fearful[of sinning].
These thingsspeakand exhortand reprovewith allauthority.Let no onedisregardyou.
