^{7 Ref} You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

^{8 Ref} Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;

^{9 Ref} Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.

^{10 Ref} They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

^{11 Ref} So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

^{12 Ref} For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.