'Justice' in the Bible
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.
Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;Lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies;Rise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.
The Lord judges the peoples;Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.
I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness and justice,And I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
And He will judge the world in righteousness;He will execute judgment for the nations with fairness (equity).
To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed,So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.
He who walks with integrity and strength of character, and works righteousness,And speaks and holds truth in his heart.
As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.
For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
He loves righteousness and justice;The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Wake Yourself up, and arise to my rightAnd to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness and justice;And do not let them rejoice over me.
And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness (justice),And Your praise all the day long.
He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].
For the Lord delights in justiceAnd does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);They are preserved forever,But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.
The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,And his tongue speaks justice and truth.
As is Your name, O God,So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).
And the heavens declare His righteousness,For God Himself is judge. Selah.
Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
You love evil more than good,And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?
By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
May he judge Your people with righteousness,And Your afflicted with justice.
Vindicate the weak and fatherless;Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.
The rulers do not know nor do they understand;They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
For judgment will again be righteous,And all the upright in heart will follow it.
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns;Indeed, the world is firmly and securely established, it shall not be moved;He will judge and rule the people with fairness.”
Before the Lord, for He is coming,For He is coming to judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousnessAnd the peoples in His faithfulness.
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
The strength of the King loves justice and righteous judgment;You have established fairness;You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).
I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice;To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
The Lord executes righteousnessAnd justice for all the oppressed.
He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses,His acts to the children of Israel.
Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts],Who practice righteousness at all times.
The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice;All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy).
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;He conducts his affairs with justice.
Ayin.I have done justice and righteousness;Do not leave me to those who oppress me.
I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,And [will secure] justice for the poor.
They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodnessAnd will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
Who executes justice for the oppressed,Who gives food to the hungry.The Lord sets free the prisoners.