14 (A)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    (B)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;(A)
    love and faithfulness go before you.(B)

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(A)Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    (B)righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

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Clouds(A) and thick darkness(B) surround him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.(C)

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12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
    for (A)the throne is established by righteousness.

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12 Kings detest wrongdoing,
    for a throne is established through righteousness.(A)

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13 (A)Righteousness will go before him
    and make his footsteps a way.

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13 Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

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(A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The (B)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
    (C)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (D)God, your God, has (E)anointed you
    with the oil of (F)gladness (G)beyond your companions;

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Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You love righteousness(B) and hate wickedness;(C)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(D) you with the oil of joy.(E)

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  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.

17 The Lord is (A)righteous in all his ways
    and (B)kind in all his works.

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17 The Lord is righteous(A) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.(B)

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(A)The King in his might (B)loves justice.[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.

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  1. Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice

The King(A) is mighty, he loves justice(B)
    you have established equity;(C)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.(D)

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(A)“The Rock, (B)his work is perfect,
    for (C)all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and (D)without iniquity,
    just and upright is he.

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He is the Rock,(A) his works are perfect,(B)
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(C) who does no wrong,
    upright(D) and just is he.(E)

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And they sing (A)the song of Moses, (B)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

(C)“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    O Lord God the Almighty!
(D)Just and true are your ways,
    O King of the nations![a]

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  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts the ages

and sang the song of God’s servant(A) Moses(B) and of the Lamb:(C)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,(D)
    Lord God Almighty.(E)
Just and true are your ways,(F)
    King of the nations.[a]

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  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages

For I said, (A)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens (B)you will establish your (C)faithfulness.”

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I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.(A)

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17 For (A)the law was given through Moses; (B)grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B)

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