16 “Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and (A)judge righteously between a man and his (B)brother or the stranger who is with him.

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17 (A)You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for (B)the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, (C)bring to me, and I will hear it.’

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He is (A)the Rock, (B)His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
(C)A God of truth and (D)without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.

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(A)Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

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20 Behold, (A)God will not [a]cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:20 reject

17 (A)Should one who hates justice govern?
Will you (B)condemn Him who is most just?

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11 (A)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who (B)judges in the earth.”

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Rise up, O (A)Judge of the earth;
[a]Render punishment to the proud.

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  1. Psalm 94:2 Repay with

10 “Say to the righteous (A)that it shall be well with them,
(B)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

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11 Woe to the wicked! (A)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be [a]given him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:11 done to him

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (A)(I speak as a man.)

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Certainly not! For then (A)how will God judge the world?

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