²³ Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.^(A)
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.^(B)
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.^(C)

¹² For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,^(A) take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice^(B) at the city gates.