^{27 Ref} As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

^{28 Ref} They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

^{29 Ref} For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?