1:17 Learn to do what is right!
Promote justice!
Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! 1
Take up the cause of the orphan!
Defend the rights of the widow! 2
1:21 How tragic that the once-faithful city
has become a prostitute! 3
She was once a center of 4 justice,
fairness resided in her,
but now only murderers. 5
1:22 Your 6 silver has become scum, 7
your beer is diluted with water. 8
1:23 Your officials are rebels, 9
they associate with 10 thieves.
All of them love bribery,
and look for 11 payoffs. 12
They do not take up the cause of the orphan, 13
or defend the rights of the widow. 14