²³ Your ^(A)rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone ^(B)loves a bribe
And chases after gifts.
They ^(C)do not obtain justice for the ^[a]orphan,
Nor does the widow’s case come before them.

10 Woe to those who ^(A)enact unjust statutes
And to those who constantly record ^[a]harmful decisions,
² So as ^(B)to ^[b]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor among My people of their rights,
So ^(C)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the ^[c]orphans.

¹¹ Her leaders pronounce ^(A)judgment for a bribe,
Her ^(B)priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“^(C)Is the Lord not in our midst?
Catastrophe will not come upon us.”

³ As for evil, both hands do it ^(A)well.
The leader asks for a ^(B)bribe, also the judge,
And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul;
So they plot it together.