²⁶ for wicked men live among my people.
They watch like hunters^[a] lying in wait.^[b](A)
They set a trap;^(B)
they catch men.
²⁷ Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.^(C)
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

¹⁰ The people are incapable of doing right^(A)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
those who store up violence and destruction^(B)
in their citadels.