# General Information:

Yahweh continues telling Moses his laws for the people of Israel.

# You must not pervert justice

"You must not do actions that produce an improper legal result" that results in either freedom for a guilty person or punishment of the innocent.

# it should go

In this phrase, "it" refers to proper justice, a correct decision.

# lawsuit

"dispute"

# I will not acquit the wicked

"I will not find the wicked not guilty" or "I will not say of wicked people that they are innocent"

# bribe blinds ... perverts

Here a "bribe" is described as if it were a person. AT: "bribe discredits ... undermines" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# the life of a foreigner

"the kind of life a stranger lives in a foreign land"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/justice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/innocent]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/acquit]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bribe]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oppress]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]