Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”

Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence.”

You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.

In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?

“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

“What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?

The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,

How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.

Elihu

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

Psalm 4

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the Lord.

Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies— make your way straight before me.