<p class="poetry">Is it because of your piety<n id="1" /> that he rebukes youp> <p class="poetry">and goes to judgment with you?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May he show<n id="1" /> the humble what is right!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">May he teach<n id="3" /> the humble his way!p>

<p class="poetry">Then he will judge<n id="1" /> your people fairly,p> <p class="poetry">and your oppressed ones<n id="2" /> equitably.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Zion will be freed by justice,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and her returnees by righteousness.<n id="3" />p>

You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">For he<n id="1" /> is not a human being like I am,p> <p class="poetry">that<n id="2" /> I might answer him,p> <p class="poetry">that we might come<n id="3" /> together in judgment.p>

<p class="poetry">It goes well for the one<n id="1" /> who generously lends money,p> <p class="poetry">and conducts his business honestly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The divine verdict<n id="1" /> is in the words<n id="2" /> of the king,p> <p class="poetry">his pronouncements<n id="3" /> must not act treacherously<n id="4" /> against justice.p>

<p class="poetry">It is terrible<n id="1" /> to show partiality<n id="2" /> to the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by depriving<n id="4" /> a righteous man of justice.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">These sayings also are from the wise:p> <p class="poetry">To show partiality<n id="1" /> in judgment is terrible:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A king brings stability<n id="1" /> to a land<n id="2" /> by justice,p> <p class="poetry">but one who exacts tribute<n id="3" /> tears it down.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will be exalted<n id="1" /> when he punishes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign God&#8217;s authority will be recognized when he judges.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Correct us, <sc>Lordsc>, but only in due measure.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,p> <p class="poetry">and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will execute vengeance on my foes,p> <p class="poetry">and repay those who hate me!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do you fix your eye<n id="1" /> on such a one?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">And do you bring me<n id="3" /> before you for judgment?p>

<p class="poetry">For he does not still consider a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that he should come before God in judgment.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="1" /> the wicked cannot withstand<n id="2" /> judgment,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not sit in judgment on<n id="1" /> your servant,p> <p class="poetry">for no one alive is innocent before you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You must be truthful, honest and uprightp> <p class="poetry">when you take an oath saying, &#8216;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives!&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If you do,<n id="2" /> the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you arep> <p class="poetry">and will make him the object of their boasting.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;You<n id="1" /> must not deal unjustly in judgment:<n id="2" /> you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich.<n id="3" /> You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.<n id="4" />