When a land transgresses, (A)it has many rulers,
    but with a man of understanding and knowledge,
    its stability will long continue.
(B)A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Those who forsake the law (C)praise the wicked,
    but those who keep the law (D)strive against them.

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