^8 [a]That he may guard the paths of justice,
^[b]And preserve the way of his saints.
⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice,
And equity, yea, every good path.

²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice;

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just;
But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

²³ Much food is in the ^[a]tillage of the poor;
But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

^10 [a]A divine sentence is in the lips of the king;
His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
¹¹ A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s;
All the weights of the bag are his work.
¹² It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;
For the throne is established by righteousness.