Lamentations 3:35

New American Bible - revised edition

Or denies justice to anyone in the very sight of the Most High,

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Slanderers will not survive on earth; evil will hunt down the man of violence to overthrow him.

Whoever acquits the wicked, whoever condemns the just— both are an abomination to the Lord.

Depriving the needy of judgment, robbing my people’s poor of justice, Making widows their plunder, and orphans their prey!

That someone tramples underfoot all the prisoners in the land,

The Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, splendor, and majesty.

When there is a dispute and the parties draw near for judgment, and a decision is given, declaring one party in the right and the other in the wrong,