The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Parallel translations
- WEB The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- KJV The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
- NKJV The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- NASB The strength of the King loves justice; You have established order; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- NLT Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.
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Quick answer
The mighty King loves justice and establishes equity, executing righteousness in His people. God's power is wedded to His goodness.
Overview
Unlike earthly tyrants, this King delights in justice and rules with fairness and righteousness. His strength is exercised for the good of His people, establishing right order in Jacob. This anticipates the reign of Christ, the righteous King whose kingdom is marked by perfect justice and righteousness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Ps 11:7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- Jer 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Job 36:5–7Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Ps 45:6–7Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Deut 32:3–4For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
- Rev 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
- Isa 11:3–5And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Deut 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- 2 Sam 23:3–4The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
- Job 37:23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
- Ps 72:1–2Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
- Isa 42:4He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
- Rev 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
- Jude 1:15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
- Isa 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
- Ps 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
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