Psalm 72:2

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

For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, "Ask what I shall give you."

And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.