20  Can ^wwicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame¹ injustice by ^xstatute?

16  But to the wicked God says:

“What right have you to recite my statutes

or take my covenant on your lips?

2  No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;

your hands ^jdeal out violence on earth.

1  Woe to those who ^ydecree iniquitous decrees,

and the writers who ^zkeep writing oppression,