¹⁵ Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent^(A)—
    the Lord detests them both.^(B)

²⁶ Many seek an audience with a ruler,^(A)
    but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.^(B)

²³ Your rulers are rebels,^(A)
    partners with thieves;^(B)
they all love bribes^(C)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.^(D)

²³ who acquit the guilty for a bribe,^(A)
    but deny justice^(B) to the innocent.^(C)

10 Woe^(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,^(B)

² to deprive^(A) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,^(B)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.^(C)

¹¹ Her leaders judge for a bribe,^(A)
    her priests teach for a price,^(B)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.^(C)
Yet they look^(D) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”^(E)