But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.

The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, legal claim, or assault – matters of controversy in your villages – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.