Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you ju
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen
and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My cove
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because y
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat
Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jac