1:17 Learn to do what is right!
Promote justice!
Give the oppressed reason to celebrate!
Take up the cause of the orphan!
Defend the rights of the widow!
1:23 Your officials are rebels,
they associate with
All of them love bribery,
and look for
They do not take up the cause of the orphan,
or defend the rights of the widow.
10:2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,
and to deprive
so they can steal what widows own,
and loot what belongs to orphans.
9:17 So the sovereign master was not pleased
he took no pity
for the whole nation was godless
every mouth was speaking disgraceful words.
Despite all this, his anger does not subside,
and his hand is ready to strike again.