Psalm 58:1

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Summary

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.} Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Do

Jeremiah 23:5

O congregation

General references

Bible References

Do

Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:

See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

O congregation

God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.

Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

General references

If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.