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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 3, Verse 36

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35
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
King James Version
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
American Standard Version
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
New English Translation
to defraud a person in a lawsuit– the Lord does not approve of such things!
World English Bible
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.
37
Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?
38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
42
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
45
Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.