No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?
“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed
So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”
Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain.
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
Moreover I saw under the sun: In the place of judgment, Wickedness was there; And in the place of righteousness, Iniquity was there.
For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.
God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.