Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

并且公平转而退后，公义站在远处；诚实在街上仆倒，正直也不得进入。

公平转而退后，公义站在远处，诚实仆倒在广场上，正直不得进入；

公平转而退后，公义站在远处，诚实仆倒在广场上，正直不得进入；

正义被赶逐，公义不能靠近，真理倒在街上，正直被拒之门外。

公平被迫后退，公义站在远处；诚实在街上跌倒，正直不能进入。

公正被逐退，公义远远地站着，因为真理在广场绊倒，正直不能进来；

並且公平轉而退後，公義站在遠處；誠實在街上仆倒，正直也不得進入。

公平轉而退後，公義站在遠處，誠實仆倒在廣場上，正直不得進入；

公平轉而退後，公義站在遠處，誠實仆倒在廣場上，正直不得進入；

正義被趕逐，公義不能靠近，真理倒在街上，正直被拒之門外。

公平被迫後退，公義站在遠處；誠實在街上跌倒，正直不能進入。

公平轉而退後，義氣正義站在遠處；因為「真實」在街上跌倒着，「端正」不得進入。

公正被逐退，公義遠遠地站著，因為真理在廣場絆倒，正直不能進來；

公平卻退、仁義遙立、誠實顚於衢、正直不得入、

秉公義者、遠遁遙立、言真實者、仆於逵衢、不敢入邑。

公平遠退、義理遙立、真實顛仆於街衢、正直欲入而不能、

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

So people stop others from doing what is fair. They keep them from doing what is right. No one tells the truth in court anymore. No one is honest there.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter.

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!

Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

He says,“ How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked?( Selah)Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“ The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”

How tragic that the once- faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.

The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the LORD; she does not seek the advice of her God.Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen– your appointed time of punishment– is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.