Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

世人哪，你们默然不语，真合公义吗？施行审判，岂按正直吗？

你们缄默不语，真合公义吗？你们审判世人，岂按正直吗？

你们缄默不语，真合公义吗？你们审判世人，岂按正直吗？

你们做官长的主持公道吗？你们的审判公正吗？

掌权者啊！你们真的讲公义吗（本句或译：“你们默然不语，真的讲公义吗”）？你们真的按照正直审判世人吗？

掌权者啊，你们真的讲公义吗？你们真的以正直审判世人吗？

世人哪，你們默然不語，真合公義嗎？施行審判，豈按正直嗎？

你們緘默不語，真合公義嗎？你們審判世人，豈按正直嗎？

你們緘默不語，真合公義嗎？你們審判世人，豈按正直嗎？

你們做官長的主持公道嗎？你們的審判公正嗎？

掌權者啊！你們真的講公義嗎（本句或譯：“你們默然不語，真的講公義嗎”）？你們真的按照正直審判世人嗎？

掌權的啊，你們果真講公義麼？按正直審判人類麼？

掌權者啊，你們真的講公義嗎？你們真的以正直審判世人嗎？

世人歟、爾緘口豈公義、鞫人豈正直乎、

爾曹世人、言義伸冤、豈出誠慤兮。

士師乎、爾曹出言、果公義乎、願曹判斷世人、果按正直乎、

Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?

Are you rulers really fair when you speak? Do you judge people honestly?

Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

Justice— do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?

Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly?

Do you indeed speak righteousness, you gods? Do you judge fairly, you sons of mankind?

Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly?

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by.

His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

So the Lord said to Moses:“ Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you.

God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.“ Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying,‘ Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me.

And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

and said to the judges,“ Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.Now therefore, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care and do it, for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, no partiality, nor taking of bribes.”

Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me:‘ He who rules over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God.

“ Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,“ That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

“ You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

I said,“ You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.”

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.

Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice.The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness.He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice.