And Dawiḏ reigned over all Yisra’ĕl, and Dawiḏ was doing right-ruling and righteousness to all his people.
Proverbs 31:9 - The Scriptures 2009 Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Open your mouth, judge righteously, and administer justice for the poor and needy. [Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:16; Job 29:12; Isa. 1:17; Jer. 22:16.] American Standard Version (1901) Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy. Common English Bible Speak out in order to judge with righteousness and to defend the needy and the poor. Catholic Public Domain Version Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor. |
And Dawiḏ reigned over all Yisra’ĕl, and Dawiḏ was doing right-ruling and righteousness to all his people.
because I rescued the poor who cried out, and the fatherless who had no helper.
Give right-ruling to the poor and fatherless, Do right to the afflicted and needy.
It is an abomination for sovereigns To commit wrongness, For a throne is established by righteousness.
A sovereign who sits on the throne of judgment Is scattering all evil with his eyes.
The righteous knows the plea of the poor, The wrong does not understand such knowledge.
“Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.
But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and shall decide with straightness for the meek ones of the earth, and shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and slay the wrong with the breath of His lips.
O house of Dawiḏ! Thus said יהוה, “Render right-ruling in the morning, and deliver him who has been robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My wrath go out like fire and burn, with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
Thus said יהוה, “Do right-ruling and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not maltreat nor do violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
“See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall raise for Dawiḏ a Branch of righteousness, and a Sovereign shall reign and act wisely, and shall do right-ruling and righteousness in the earth.
They have become fat, they are sleek. They also overlook the deeds of the wrong. They did not rightly rule the cause of the fatherless, so that they prosper. And the right of the needy they did not rightly rule.
“Therefore, O sovereign, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your crookednesses by showing favour to the poor – your prosperity might be extended.”
‘Do no unrighteousness in right-ruling. Do not be partial to the poor or favour the face of the great, but rightly rule your neighbour in righteousness.
“Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘Execute true right-ruling, show loving-commitment and compassion everyone to his brother.
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Tsiyon! Shout, O daughter of Yerushalayim! See, your Sovereign is coming to you, He is righteous and endowed with deliverance, humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.
“And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘When hearing between your brothers, judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.
“You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, Elohim, Your Elohim, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
And I saw the heaven opened, and there was a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Trustworthy and True, and in righteousness He judges and fights.
And Yehonathan spoke well of Dawiḏ to Sha’ul his father, and said to him, “Let not the sovereign sin against his servant, against Dawiḏ, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.
And Yehonathan answered Sha’ul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”