No,in heartyou workunrighteousness;On earthyou weighout the violenceof your hands.
Thoughthey intendedevilagainstYou [And] deviseda plot,They will not succeed.
GodtakesHis standin His own congregation;He judgesin the midstof the rulers.
Can a throneof destructionbe alliedwith You, One which devisesmischiefby decree?
Furthermore,I have seenunderthe sun[that] in the placeof justicethereis wickednessand in the placeof righteousnessthereis wickedness.
Woeto those who enactevilstatutesAnd to those who constantly recordunjustdecisions,
The wayof the righteousis smooth;O UprightOne,makethe pathof the righteouslevel.
"In you they have takenbribesto shedblood;you have takeninterestand profits,and you have injuredyour neighborsfor gainby oppression,and you have forgottenMe," declaresthe LordGOD.
"Her princeswithinher are like wolvestearingthe prey,by sheddingblood[and] destroyinglivesin orderto getdishonestgain.
So nowwe callthe arrogantblessed;not onlyare the doersof wickednessbuiltup but they alsotestGodand escape.'"
