²³ Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.^(A)
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.^(B)
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.^(C)

¹⁵ The one who lives righteously
and speaks rightly,^(A)
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots^[a]
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil^[b](B)—