Lord, you do what is fair. And your laws are right.

耶和华啊，你是公义的；你的判语也是正直的！

耶和华啊，你是公义的；你的典章正直！

耶和华啊，你是公义的；你的典章正直！

耶和华啊，你是公义的，你的法令是公正的。

耶和华啊！你是公义的，你的判词也是正直的。

耶和华啊，你是公义的，你的法规是正直的！

耶和華啊，你是公義的；你的判語也是正直的！

耶和華啊，你是公義的；你的典章正直！

耶和華啊，你是公義的；你的典章正直！

耶和華啊，你是公義的，你的法令是公正的。

耶和華啊！你是公義的，你的判詞也是正直的。

永恆主啊，你是公義的，你的判語正直。

耶和華啊，你是公義的，你的法規是正直的！

耶和華歟、爾乃公義、爾讞亦正直兮、

耶和華兮、爾秉公義、爾之典章、維正維直兮、

主至公義、主之判語、判話或作法律亦皆正直、

正直惟主。睿斷公平。

You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right.

[ Tsadhe] Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules.

O Lord, you are righteous, and your regulations are fair.

You are righteous, LORD, and your judgments are just.

You are righteous, Lord, And Your judgments are right.

Righteous are You, O Lord, And upright are Your judgments.

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

You are righteous, Lord, and Your judgments are just.

TZADDI. Righteous[ art] thou, O LORD, and upright[ are] thy judgments.

You are just, O LORD, and your judgments are fair.

You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

Lord, you are the God of Israel. You are holy. You always do what is right. Today you have left many of your people alive. Here we are with all our guilt. You see the guilt of our sin. Because we have sinned, not one of us can stand in front of you.”

Lord, when I bring a matter to you, you always do what is right. But now I would like to speak with you about whether you are being fair. Why are sinful people successful? Why do those who can’t be trusted have an easy life?

The Lord is right in everything he does. He is faithful in everything he does.

“ Lord, you always do what is right. But we are covered with shame today. We are the people of Judah and Jerusalem. All of us are Israelites, no matter where we live. We are now living in many countries. You scattered us among the nations because we weren’t faithful to you.

In spite of everything that has happened to us, you have been fair. You have been faithful in what you have done. But we did what was evil.

Lord, you didn’t hold back from bringing this trouble on us. You always do what is right. But we haven’t obeyed you.

The way he judges is true and fair. He has judged the great prostitute. She made the earth impure with her terrible sins. God has paid her back for killing those who served him.”

But you are stubborn. In your heart you are not sorry for your sins. You are storing up anger against yourself. The day of God’s anger is coming. Then his way of judging fairly will be shown.

He is the Rock. His works are perfect. All his ways are right. He is faithful. He doesn’t do anything wrong. He is honest and fair.

They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb. They sang,“ Lord God who rules over all, everything you do is great and wonderful. King of the nations, your ways are true and fair.Lord, who will not have respect for you? Who will not bring glory to your name? You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you. They see that the things you do are right.”

What should we say then? Is God unfair? Not at all!

The Lord does what is right and fair for all who are treated badly.

The King is mighty and loves justice. He has set up the rules for fairness. He has done what is right and fair for the people of Jacob.

Doesn’t the fact that we are wrong prove more clearly that God is right? Then what can we say? Can we say that God is not fair when he brings his anger down on us? As you can tell, I am just using human ways of thinking.God is certainly fair! If he weren’t, how could he judge the world?

Then I heard the altar reply. It said,“ Lord God who rules over all, the way you judge is true and fair.”