¹⁷ if I have eaten my few crumbs alone
without letting the fatherless eat any of it –

¹⁷ Learn to do what is good.
Pursue justice.^(A)
Correct the oppressor.^[a]
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.

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)