¹⁵The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

¹⁴For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

²⁵Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

²⁶With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

²⁷With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

³²Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

³³Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

²²If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

²³Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

⁷Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

³³Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

¹⁷Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

³Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

²²Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

⁷There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

¹³If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

¹⁴What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁰Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

¹¹For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

¹²Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

¹⁷Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

²³For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

¹⁴Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

³I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

¹⁹Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

²³Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

⁸The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

¹¹God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

⁸And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

⁴The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

⁵The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.