Whisperers, detractors, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, vain boasters, inventors of vices, unto parents unyielding,

Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong, - tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people - men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion, - and place them over them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Shall, the very hater of right, control? Or, the just - the mighty one, wilt thou condemn?

Misfortune shall be the death of the lawless one, And, the haters of the righteous man, shall be held guilty.

Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of waters:

The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!

Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong, - He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless, will he rescue them.

With his lips, the hater dissembleth, but, within himself, he layeth up deceit:

A leader, may lack intelligence, yet abound in oppressions, The hater of greed, shall lengthen out days.