You have seen it: for you behold mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 26:10 - King James 2000 In whose hands is mischief, 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. |
You have seen it: for you behold mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.
And you shall take no bribe: for the bribe blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.
He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that keeps his hands from the holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does 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 gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.