⁸ guarding the paths of justice
    and ^(A)watching over the way of his ^(B)saints.
^9 (C)Then you will understand ^(D)righteousness and justice
    and equity, every good path;

²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness,
    in the paths of justice,

^5 (A)The thoughts of the righteous are just;
    the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

²³ The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
    but it is swept away through ^(A)injustice.

^10 (A)An oracle is on the lips of a king;
    his mouth does not sin in judgment.
^11 (B)A just balance and scales are the Lord's;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.
¹² It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
    for ^(C)the throne is established by righteousness.

¹⁵ He who ^(A)justifies the wicked and he who ^(B)condemns the righteous
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

²³ The wicked accepts ^(A)a bribe in secret^[a]
    to ^(B)pervert the ways of justice.

^26 (A)To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
    nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

⁵ It is not good to ^(A)be partial to^[a] the wicked
    or to ^(B)deprive the righteous of justice.