Lexicon :: Strong's H1779 - dîn

“If any case is too difficult for you to judge—between one kind of homicide and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, between one kind of assault and another, [fn]being controversial issues in your [fn]courts—then you shall arise and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses.

Then the king spoke to the wise men who understood the times [asking for their advice]—for it was the custom of the king to speak before all those who were familiar with law and legal matters—

“Then beware and be afraid of the sword [of divine vengeance] for yourselves,

For wrathful are the punishments of that sword,

So that you may know there is judgment.”

“Even though you say that you do not see Him [when missing His righteous judgment on earth],

Yet your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

“But you [Job] were full of judgment on the wicked,

Judgment and justice take hold of you.

For You have maintained my right and my cause;

You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;

The earth feared and was quiet

I know [with confidence] that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,

And [will secure] justice for the poor.

A [discerning] king who sits on the throne of judgment

Sifts all evil [like chaff] with his eyes [and cannot be easily fooled].

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go away;

Even strife and dishonor will cease.

The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor,

But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.

Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees,

And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.

Open your mouth for the mute,

For the rights of all who are unfortunate and defenseless;

So as to deprive the needy of justice

And rob the poor of My people of rightful claims,

So that widows may be their spoil

And that they may plunder the fatherless.

‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),

They [fn]excel in acts of wickedness;

They do not plead the cause,

The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,

And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

“He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy;

Then all was well.

Is that not what it means to know Me?”

Says the LORD.

‘There is no one to plead your cause;

No [device to close and allow the] healing of your wound,

No recovery for you.