The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

ע (Ayin) I do what is fair and right. Do not abandon me to my oppressors!

to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.

I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.

to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.

For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

“If I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good.

Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,