{It is} an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. {reprove: or, argue}

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. {he...: Heb. a man of oblations}

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Take away the wicked {from} before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

The prince that wanteth understanding {is} also a great oppressor: {but} he that hateth covetousness shall prolong {his} days.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

But unto the Son {he saith}, Thy throne, O God, {is} for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness {is} the sceptre of thy kingdom. {righteousness: Gr. rightness, or, straightness}

When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. {relieve: or, righten}

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. {a lengthening...: or, an healing of thine error}

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then {it was} well {with him: was} not this to know me? saith the LORD.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. {he...: Heb. a man of oblations}

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

{It is} an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Take away the wicked {from} before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. {established: or, prepared}

{That} hath taken off his hand from the poor, {that} hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.