1
The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions.
2
When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it - But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out.
3
The wicked who oppress the poor are like a hailstorm that beats down the harvest.
4
If you desert God's law, you're free to embrace depravity; if you love God's law, you fight for it tooth and nail.
5
Justice makes no sense to the evilminded; those who seek God know it inside and out.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.