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

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Both hands are good(A) at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;(B)
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.

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