²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.

⁷ Scoundrels use wicked methods,^(A)
    they make up evil schemes^(B)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy^(C) is just.^(D)

⁶ Their hearts are like an oven;^(A)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

⁷ All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,^(A)
    and none of them calls^(B) on me.

¹¹ From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.