Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

May he judge Your people with righteousness
And Your afflicted with justice.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He will judge Your people with righteousness
and Your afflicted ones with justice.

International Standard Version

May he rule your people with right decisions and your oppressed ones with justice.

A Conservative Version

He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice.

American Standard Version

He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.

Amplified


May he judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your afflicted with justice.

Bible in Basic English

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

Darby Translation

He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.

Julia Smith Translation

He shall judge thy people in justice, and thy poor in judgment.

King James 2000

He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

Lexham Expanded Bible

May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

Modern King James verseion

He will judge Your people in righteousness, and Your poor with judgment.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor.

NET Bible

Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

New Heart English Bible

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

The Emphasized Bible

May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;

Webster

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

World English Bible

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

Youngs Literal Translation

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Prayer For The King

1 A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s son.
2 May he judge Your people with righteousness
And Your afflicted with justice.
3 Let the mountains bring peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.


Cross References

Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.

Isaiah 9:7

There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.

1 Kings 3:5-10

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask what you wish Me to give you.”

Job 34:19

Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands?

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psalm 45:6-7

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Psalm 72:12-14

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Psalm 82:3-4

Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Isaiah 11:2-5

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 32:17

And the work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Jeremiah 33:15

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

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