Justice

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

To do justice <FI>is<Fi> joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them.

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time <FI>is<Fi> to every matter and for every work there.'

To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

The Rock! --perfect <FI>is<Fi> His work, For all His ways <FI>are<Fi> just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright <FI>is<Fi> He.

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> righteous,' Peoples execrate him--nations abhor him. — read the full passage →

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint, — read the full passage →

Righteousness--righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

Acceptance of the face of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another. — read the full passage →

Righteousness and judgment <FI>Are<Fi> the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.

Good <FI>is<Fi> the man--gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

`But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, --and all the people have said, Amen.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour, — read the full passage →

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh, — read the full passage →

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Thus said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near <FI>is<Fi> My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.'

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect.

for we have known Him who is saying, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine, I will recompense, saith the Lord;' and again, `The Lord shall judge His people;' --

If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones <FI>are<Fi> over them.

Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness--every good path.

`Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works <FI>are<Fi> truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

Good and upright <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Therefore He directeth sinners in the way. — read the full passage →

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked.

Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest. — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land--she hath no raiser up.'

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them. — read the full passage →

And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou--Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou--Thou hast done.

and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones--foundations of earth! For a strife <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. — read the full passage →

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they--they transgressed against Me.

and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

Lo, days are coming--an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

Jehovah thy God is blessed who delighted in thee, to put thee on the throne of Israel; in Jehovah's loving Israel to the age He doth set thee for king, to do judgment and righteousness.

And Absalom saith, `Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? --then I have declared him righteous.'

--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. — read the full passage →

Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself <FI>is<Fi> judge. Selah.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →

To the increase of the princely power, And of peace, there is no end, On the throne of David, and on his kingdom, To establish it, and to support it, In judgment and in righteousness, Henceforth, even unto the age, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.

Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

Declare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I--Jehovah? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me.

A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.

Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the judgment of each.

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

And man saith: `Surely fruit <FI>is<Fi> for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause <FI>others<Fi> to turn aside;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And David reigneth over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,