“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan—a statement of the social effect of righteous versus wicked leadership, establishing that justice brings public happiness while corruption brings misery. The theological significance involves the principle of the public good dependent on righteous rule.
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