Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;