Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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?

O ye

Bible References

Do

Psalm 72:1
Solomonic.God, give Your justice to the king
and Your righteousness to the king’s son.
Deuteronomy 16:18
“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,
2 Chronicles 19:6
Then he said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the matter of judgment.
Isaiah 11:3
His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge
by what He sees with His eyes,
He will not execute justice
by what He hears with His ears,
Isaiah 32:1
Indeed, a king will reign righteously,
and rulers will rule justly.
Jeremiah 23:5
“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

O congregation

Psalm 82:1
A psalm of Asaph.God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:
Numbers 11:16
The Lord answered Moses, “Bring Me 70 men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.
Deuteronomy 1:15
“So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: officials for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.
2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the Lord’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Matthew 27:1
When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
Luke 23:50
There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,
Acts 5:21
In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.

When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

O ye

Psalm 82:6
I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.

General references

Deuteronomy 25:1
“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.
Proverbs 31:9
Speak up, judge righteously,
and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
John 7:24
Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

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