For You have upheld my just cause;
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.

A Davidic prayer.Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.

Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.

Just as we heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of Hosts,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever.Selah

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

to declare: “The Lord is just;
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”

Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.

ט TetLord, You have treated Your servant well,
just as You promised.

I know, Lord, that Your judgments are just
and that You have afflicted me fairly.

ע AyinI have done what is just and right;
do not leave me to my oppressors.

צ TsadeYou are righteous, Lord,
and Your judgments are just.

Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.

I know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.