<p class="poetry">Doing wickedness<n id="1" /> is an abomination to kings,p> <p class="poetry">because a throne<n id="2" /> is established in righteousness.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">both of them are an abomination to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wicked person receives a bribe secretly<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to pervert<n id="2" /> the ways of justice.p>

<p class="poetry">When a wicked person<n id="1" /> arrives, contempt<n id="2" /> shows up with him,p> <p class="poetry">and with shame comes<n id="3" /> a reproach.p>

<p class="poetry">It is terrible<n id="1" /> to show partiality<n id="2" /> to the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by depriving<n id="4" /> a righteous man of justice.p>

<p class="poetry">The appetite<n id="1" /> of the wicked desires<n id="2" /> evil;p> <p class="poetry">his neighbor is shown no favor<n id="3" /> in his eyes.p>

<p class="poetry">The Righteous One<n id="1" /> considers<n id="2" /> the house<n id="3" /> of the wicked;p> <p class="poetry">he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not lie in wait like the wicked<n id="1" /> against the place where the righteous live;p> <p class="poetry">do not assault<n id="2" /> his home.p>

<p class="poetry">remove the wicked from before the king,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and his throne<n id="2" /> will be established in righteousness.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a muddied<n id="1" /> spring and a polluted<n id="2" /> well,p> <p class="poetry">so is a righteous person who gives way<n id="3" /> before the wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the righteous person is as confident<n id="2" /> as a lion.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who forsake the law<n id="1" /> praise the wicked,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who keep the law contend<n id="3" /> with them.p>

<p class="poetry">When the righteous become numerous,<n id="1" /> the people rejoice;p> <p class="poetry">when the wicked rule, the people groan.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person cares for<n id="1" /> the legal rights<n id="2" /> of the poor;p> <p class="poetry">the wicked does not understand such<n id="3" /> knowledge.p>

<p class="poetry">An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff,p> <p class="poetry">they ignore the just cause of the innocent.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not give<n id="2" /> a false report.<n id="3" /> Do not make common cause<n id="4" /> with the wicked<n id="5" /> to be a malicious<n id="6" /> witness.p>

Keep your distance<n id="1" /> from a false charge<n id="2" /> &#8211; do not kill the innocent and the righteous,<n id="3" /> for I will not justify the wicked.<n id="4" />p>

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

It&#8217;s like the old proverb says: &#8216;From evil people evil proceeds.&#8217; But my hand will not be against you.