Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’ ”
Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
In you men take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and increase and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.
The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.
Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: