A destitute leader[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.(A)

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,(B)
but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.(C)

The evil do not understand justice,(D)
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:3 LXX reads A wicked man

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