Thou hast seen {\i it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:\par\tab The helpless committeth {\i himself} unto thee;\par\tab Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 26:10 - American Standard Version 2015 In whose hands is wickedness,\par\tab And their right hand is full of bribes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In whose hands is mischief, And their right hand is full of bribes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In whose hands is wickedness, and their right hands are full of bribes. American Standard Version (1901) In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes. Common English Bible in whose hands are evil schemes, whose strong hands are full of bribes. Catholic Public Domain Version For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up. |
Thou hast seen {\i it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:\par\tab The helpless committeth {\i himself} unto thee;\par\tab Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow,\par\tab They make ready their arrow upon the string,\par\tab That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
He deviseth iniquity upon his bed;\par\tab He setteth himself in a way that is not good;\par\tab He abhorreth not evil.\par
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,\par\tab Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
For their feet run to evil,\par\tab And they make haste to shed blood.
For they sleep not, except they do evil;\par\tab And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate {\i from their right}.
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge {\i is ready} for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.