Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous—
you who (A)test (B)the minds and hearts,[a]
    O righteous God!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:9 Hebrew the hearts and kidneys

Tsadhe

137 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    and right are your rules.

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

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15 O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a (A)remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our (B)guilt, (C)for none can stand before you because of this.”

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(A)You found his heart faithful before you, (B)and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring (C)the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. (D)And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

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Jeremiah's Complaint

12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    when I complain to you;
    yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
    Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?

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To you, (A)O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, (B)those who are near and (C)those who are far away, in (D)all the lands to which you have driven them, because of (E)the treachery that they have committed against you.

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