<p class="poetry">You defend<n id="1" /> the fatherless and oppressed,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">For he comes to judge the earth!p> <p class="poetry">He judges the world fairly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the nations in a just manner.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who have been delivered<n id="1" /> will go up on Mount Zionp> <p class="poetry">in order to rule over<n id="2" /> Esau&#8217;s mountain.p> <p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> will reign as King!<n id="3" />p>

So give your servant a discerning mind<n id="1" /> so he can make judicial decisions for<n id="2" /> your people and distinguish right from wrong.<n id="3" /> Otherwise<n id="4" /> no one is able<n id="5" /> to make judicial decisions for<n id="6" /> this great nation of yours.&#8221;<n id="7" />

<p class="bodytext">On the next day<n id="1" /> Moses sat to judge<n id="2" /> the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.

<p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc>, for he comes!p> <p class="poetry">For he comes to judge the earth!p> <p class="poetry">He judges the world fairly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the nations in accordance with his justice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;In a controversy they will act as judges;<n id="1" /> they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe<n id="2" /> my Sabbaths.p>

<p class="poetry">Let the nations be roused and let them go upp> <p class="poetry">to the valley of Jehoshaphat,p> <p class="poetry">for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.p>