⁸ He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of His saints.

⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity, yea, every good path.

²⁰ I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for want of judgment.

¹⁰ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

¹¹ A just weight and balance are the Lord’S; all the weights of the bag are His work.

¹² It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.