<p class="poetry">That is how<n id="1" /> they have grown fat and sleek.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">There is no limit to the evil things they do.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it.p> <p class="poetry">They do not defend the rights of the poor.p>

All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, &#8220;The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

<p class="poetry">O royal family descended from David.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;See to it that people each day<n id="2" /> are judged fairly.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Deliver those who have been robbed from those<n id="4" /> who oppress them.p> <p class="poetry">Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you.p> <p class="poetry">It will burn like a fire that cannot be put outp> <p class="poetry">because of the evil that you have done.<n id="5" />p>

&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8216;If you live<n id="1" /> and work according to my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple<n id="2" /> and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.