⁴ For you have upheld my just cause;^(A)
you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.^(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)