Judges H8199 and officers H7860 shall you make H5414 you in all H3605 your gates, H8179 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you, throughout your tribes: H7626 and they shall judge H8199 the people H5971 with just H6664 judgment. H4941

That which is altogether just H6664 shall you follow, H7291 that you may live, H2421 and inherit H3423 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you.

If H3588 there arise a matter H1697 too hard H6381 for you in judgment, H4941 between H996 blood H1818 and blood, H1818 between H996 plea H1779 and plea, H1779 and between H996 stroke H5061 and stroke, H5061 being matters H1697 of controversy H7379 within your gates: H8179 then shall you arise, H6965 and get H5927 you up into H413 the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 shall choose; H977

And you shall come H935 to the priests H3548 the Levites, H3881 and to the judge H8199 that shall be in those H1992 days, H3117 and inquire; H1875 and they shall show H5046 you the sentence H1697 of judgment: H4941

Then both H8147 the men, H582 between whom H834 H1992 the controversy H7379 is, shall stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 before H6440 the priests H3548 and the judges, H8199 which H834 shall be in those H1992 days; H3117

Then shall you do H6213 to him, as he had thought H2161 to have done H6213 to his brother: H251 so shall you put H1197 the evil H7451 away H1197 from among H7130 you.

You shall not wrest H5186 the judgment H4941 of your poor H34 in his cause. H7379

Keep H7368 you far H7368 from a false H8267 matter; H1697 and the innocent H5355 and righteous H6662 slay H2026 you not: for I will not justify H6663 the wicked. H7563

The God H430 of Israel H3478 said, H559 the Rock H6697 of Israel H3478 spoke H1696 to me, He that rules H4910 over men H120 must be just, H6662 ruling H4910 in the fear H3374 of God. H430

And said H559 to the judges, H8199 Take H7200 heed H7200 what H4100 you do: H6213 for you judge H8199 not for man, H120 but for the LORD, H3068 who is with you in the judgment. H1697 H4941

Moreover H1571 in Jerusalem H3389 did Jehoshaphat H3092 set H5975 of the Levites, H3881 and of the priests, H3548 and of the chief H7218 of the fathers H1 of Israel, H3478 for the judgment H4941 of the LORD, H3068 and for controversies, H7379 when they returned H7725 to Jerusalem. H3389

And what H3602 cause H7379 soever shall come H935 to you of your brothers H251 that dwell H3427 in your cities, H5892 between H996 blood H1818 and blood, H1818 between H996 law H8451 and commandment, H4687 statutes H2706 and judgments, H4941 you shall even warn H2094 them that they trespass H816 not against the LORD, H3068 and so wrath H7110 come H1961 on you, and on your brothers: H251 this H3541 do, H6213 and you shall not trespass. H816

When I went H3318 out to the gate H8179 through H5921 the city, H7176 when I prepared H3559 my seat H4186 in the street! H7339

The princes H8269 refrained H6113 talking, H4405 and laid H7760 their hand H3709 on their mouth. H6310

When H3588 the ear H241 heard H8085 me, then it blessed H833 me; and when the eye H5869 saw H7200 me, it gave witness H5749 to me:

The blessing H1293 of him that was ready to perish H6 came H935 on me: and I caused the widow's H490 heart H3820 to sing H7442 for joy. H7442

I was eyes H5869 to the blind, H5787 and feet H7272 was I to the lame. H6455

And I broke H7665 the jaws H4973 of the wicked, H5767 and plucked H7993 the spoil H2964 out of his teeth. H8127

To the chief H5329 Musician, H5329 Altaschith, H516 Michtam H4387 of David. H1732 Do you indeed H552 speak H1696 righteousness, H6664 O congregation? H482 do you judge H8199 uprightly, H4339 O you sons H1121 of men? H120

Yes, H637 in heart H3820 you work H6466 wickedness; H5766 you weigh H6424 the violence H2555 of your hands H3027 in the earth. H776

How H5704 long H5704 will you judge H8199 unjustly, H5766 and accept H5375 the persons H6440 of the wicked? H7563 Selah. H5542

Deliver H6403 the poor H1800 and needy: H34 rid H5337 them out of the hand H3027 of the wicked. H7563

He that justifies H6663 the wicked, H7563 and he that condemns H7561 the just, H6662 even H1571 they both H8147 are abomination H8441 to the LORD. H3068

Open H6605 your mouth H6310 for the dumb H483 in the cause H1779 of all H3605 such as are appointed H1121 to destruction. H2475

Open H6605 your mouth, H6310 judge H8199 righteously, H6664 and plead H1777 the cause of the poor H6041 and needy. H34

Learn H3925 to do well; H3190 seek H1875 judgment, H4941 relieve H833 the oppressed, H2541 judge H8199 the fatherless, H3490 plead H7378 for the widow. H490

Your princes H8269 are rebellious, H5637 and companions H2270 of thieves: H1590 every H3605 one loves H157 gifts, H7810 and follows H7291 after rewards: H8021 they judge H8199 not the fatherless, H3490 neither H3808 does the cause H7379 of the widow H490 come H935 to them.

Which justify H6663 the wicked H7563 for reward, H7810 and take H5493 away H5493 the righteousness H6666 of the righteous H6662 from him!

But with righteousness H6664 shall he judge H8199 the poor, H1800 and reprove H3198 with equity H4334 for the meek H6035 of the earth: H776 and he shall smite H5221 the earth H776 : with the rod H7626 of his mouth, H6310 and with the breath H7307 of his lips H8193 shall he slay H4191 the wicked. H7563

Behold, H2005 a king H4428 shall reign H4427 in righteousness, H6664 and princes H8269 shall rule H8323 in judgment. H4941

And a man H376 shall be as an hiding H4224 place from the wind, H7307 and a covert H5643 from the tempest; H2230 as rivers H6388 of water H4325 in a dry H6724 place, as the shadow H6738 of a great H3515 rock H5553 in a weary H5889 land. H776

O house H1004 of David, H1732 thus H3541 said H559 the LORD; H3068 Execute H1777 judgment H4941 in the morning, H1242 and deliver H5337 him that is spoiled H1497 out of the hand H3027 of the oppressor, H6231 lest H6435 my fury H2534 go H3318 out like fire, H784 and burn H1197 that none H369 can quench H3518 it, because H6440 of the evil H7455 of your doings. H4611

And in controversy H7379 they shall stand H5975 in judgment; H8199 and they shall judge H8199 it according to my judgments: H4941 and they shall keep H8104 my laws H8451 and my statutes H2708 in all H3605 my assemblies; H4150 and they shall hallow H6942 my sabbaths. H7676

And I said, H559 Hear, H8085 I pray H4994 you, O heads H7218 of Jacob, H3290 and you princes H7101 of the house H1004 of Israel; H3478 Is it not for you to know H3045 judgment? H4941

Who hate H8130 the good, H2896 and love H157 the evil; H7451 who pluck H1497 off their skin H5785 from off them, and their flesh H7607 from off H5921 their bones; H6106

Therefore H5921 H3651 the law H8451 is slacked, H6313 and judgment H4941 does never H3808 H5331 go H3318 forth: H3318 for the wicked H7563 does compass H3803 about the righteous; H6662 therefore H5921 H3651 wrong H6127 judgment H4941 proceeds. H3318

You are of purer H2889 eyes H5869 than to behold H7200 evil, H7451 and can H3201 not look H5027 on H413 iniquity: H5999 why H4100 look H5027 you on them that deal treacherously, H898 and hold H2790 your tongue H2790 when the wicked H7563 devours H1104 the man that is more righteous H6662 than he?

Then shall you return, H7725 and discern H7200 between H996 the righteous H6662 and the wicked, H7563 between H996 him that serves H5647 God H430 and him that serves H5647 him not.

And now G2235 also G2532 the ax G513 is laid G2749 to the root G4491 of the trees: G1186 therefore G3767 every G3956 tree G1186 which brings G4160 not forth G4160 good G2570 fruit G2590 is hewn G1581 down, G1581 and cast G906 into G1519 the fire. G4442