For recognition of the Lord's sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea.

The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with the whole remnant of the people, obeyed the Lord their God. They responded favorably to the message of the prophet Haggai, who spoke just as the Lord their God had instructed him, and the people began to respect the Lord.

Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.

O Lord, restore our well-being, just as the streams in the arid south are replenished.

The Lord is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked."

He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)