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

² to keep the poor from getting a fair trial
and to deprive the needy among my people of justice,^(A)
so that widows can be their spoil
and they can plunder the fatherless.^(B)

⁴ but he will judge the poor righteously^(A)
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with a sceptre^[a] from his mouth,^(B)
and he will kill the wicked^(C)
with a command^[b] from his lips.^(D)

¹⁵ Hate evil and love good;^(A)
establish justice at the city gate.^(B)
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Armies, will be gracious^(C)
to the remnant of Joseph.^(D)