‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.

“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

‘“Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.

“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.

For the  Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.

For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly are an abomination to the  Lord your God.

He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.

“The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.

Your hands were not bound,
your feet were not fettered.
You fell as one falls before the wicked.’

And all the people wept over him again.

Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not fettered;
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.”

And all the people wept again over him.

And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people shall not oppress them any more, as they did at the beginning

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,

And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them any more, as they did at the beginning

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly,

Now let the fear of the  Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the  Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.’

Now then, let the fear of the  Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the  Lord our God or partiality or taking bribes.”

So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.

So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.

Relent, do not be unjust;
reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.

Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

Is there any wickedness on my lips?
Can my mouth not discern malice?

Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf?
Will you speak deceitfully for him?

Will you speak falsely for God
and speak deceitfully for him?

how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,
who drink up evil like water!

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
a man who drinks injustice like water!

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
if you remove wickedness far from your tent

If you return to the Almighty you will be built up;
if you remove injustice far from your tents,

The womb forgets them,
the worm feasts on them;
the wicked are no longer remembered
but are broken like a tree.

The womb forgets them;
the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
so wickedness is broken like a tree.’

my lips will not say anything wicked,
and my tongue will not utter lies.

my lips will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.

‘So listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do evil,
from the Almighty to do wrong.

“Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:
far be it from God that he should do wickedness,
and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

Teach me what I cannot see;
if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.”

teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

Who has prescribed his ways for him,
or said to him, “You have done wrong”?

Who has prescribed for him his way,
or who can say ‘You have done wrong’?

 Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands –

O  Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is wrong in my hands,

Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;

Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers!

Vindicate me, my God,
and plead my cause
against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me from those who are
deceitful and wicked.

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!

The fool says in his heart,
‘There is no God.’
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.

No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.

They plot injustice and say,
‘We have devised a perfect plan!’
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

‘How long will you defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?

“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?  Selah

The enemy will not get the better of him;
the wicked will not oppress him.

The enemy shall not outwit him;
the wicked shall not humble him.

proclaiming, ‘The  Lord is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.’

to declare that the  Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

The upright see and rejoice,
but all the wicked shut their mouths.

The upright see it and are glad,
and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

they do no wrong
but follow his ways.

who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!

The sceptre of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
their hands to do evil.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
on the land allotted to the righteous,
lest the righteous stretch out
their hands to do wrong.

Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.

Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his fury will fail.

The righteous detest the dishonest;
the wicked detest the upright.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

For your hands are stained with blood,
your fingers with guilt.
Your lips have spoken falsely,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.

For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.

‘For I, the  Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant with them.

For I the  Lord love justice;
I hate robbery and wrong;
I will faithfully give them their recompense,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

This is what the  Lord says:

‘What fault did your ancestors find in me,
that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols
and became worthless themselves.

Thus says the  Lord:

“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

‘Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling-block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.

Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered but his blood I will require at your hand.

He does not lend to them at interest
or take a profit from them.
He withholds his hand from doing wrong
and judges fairly between two parties.

does not lend at interest or take any profit withholds his hand from injustice executes true justice between man and man,

‘But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.

But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die.

When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die.

You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.

You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.

By your many sins and dishonest trade
you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire come out from you,
and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of all who were watching.

By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
in the sight of all who saw you.

If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.

Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.

if they give back what they took in pledge for a loan, return what they have stolen, follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil – that person will surely live; they will not die.

if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it.

When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.

But you have planted wickedness,
you have reaped evil,
you have eaten the fruit of deception.
Because you have depended on your own strength
and on your many warriors,

You have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,

who build Zion with bloodshed,
and Jerusalem with wickedness.

who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.

‘Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and establishes a town by injustice!

“Woe to him who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!

The  Lord within her is righteous;
he does no wrong.
Morning by morning he dispenses his justice,
and every new day he does not fail,
yet the unrighteous know no shame.

The  Lord within her is righteous;
he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
each dawn he does not fail;
but the unjust knows no shame.

They will do no wrong;
they will tell no lies.
A deceitful tongue
will not be found in their mouths.
They will eat and lie down
and no one will make them afraid.’

those who are left in Israel;
they shall do no injustice
and speak no lies,
nor shall there be found in their mouth
a deceitful tongue.
For they shall graze and lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.”

True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.

True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.