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Lexicon :: Strong's H6666 - ṣᵊḏāqâ

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צְדָקָה
Transliteration
ṣᵊḏāqâ
Pronunciation
tsed-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1879b

Strong’s Definitions

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x

The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x
The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

  1. justice, righteousness

    1. righteousness (in government)

      1. of judge, ruler, king

      2. of law

      3. of Davidic king Messiah

    2. righteousness (of God's attribute)

    3. righteousness (in a case or cause)

    4. righteousness, truthfulness

    5. righteousness (as ethically right)

    6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation

      1. of God

      2. prosperity (of people)

    7. righteous acts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
STRONGS H6666: Abbreviations
צְדָקָה 157 noun feminine righteousness; — absolute צ׳ Genesis 15:6 + 81 times; construct צִדְקַת Deuteronomy 33:21 +5 times; suffix צִדְקָתִי Genesis 30:33 +, etc.; plural צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15 + 3 times; construct צִדְקוֺת Judges 5:11+; suffix צִדְקֹתֶיךָ Daniel 9:16, etc.; —
1. righteousness, in government:
a. of judge, ruler, king: || משׁפט Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 9:6; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; משׁפט וצ׳ 2 Samuel 8:15, עשׂה David executed justice and righteousness = 1 Chronicles 18:14, compare 1 Kings 10:9 2 Chronicles 9:8; Jeremiah 22:3, 15; Jeremiah 33:15; Ezekiel 45:9; יִכּוֺן כִּסֵּא בּצ׳ Proverbs 16:12, compare Isaiah 54:14; עֲבֹדַת השׂ׳, מַעֲשֵׂה הצ׳ Isaiah 32:17, compare Isaiah 32:16; נֹגְשַׂיִךְ צ׳ Isaiah 60:17.
b. of law, || משׁפטים, צִדְקַת י׳ Deuteronomy 33:21.
c. of Davidic king, Messiah, || משׁפט, Psalm 72:1; Psalm 72:3; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15.
2. God's attribute as sovereign Psalm 36:7; Psalm 71:19; in government, עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Psalm 99:4; Jeremiah 9:23; administering justice Job 37:23; punishment Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 28:17; Daniel 9:7; vindication of his people Micah 7:9.
3. righteousness, in a case or cause, בצדקתי החזקתי Job 27:6 on my righteousness I hold fast; מה ישׁ לי עוד צ׳ 2 Samuel 19:29 what right have I yet ? of God's judgments, הגיד צ׳ Isaiah 57:12 (irony); השׁיב צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:23; Job 33:26; כּצ׳, השׁיב 2 Samuel 22:25, גמל 2 Samuel 22:21, נתן 1 Kings 8:52 2 Chronicles 6:23.
4. righteousness = truthfulness, באמת ובצ׳ Isaiah 48:1; Zechariah 8:8; in word Isaiah 45:28; Isaiah 63:1, oath Jeremiah 4:2.
5. righteousness, as ethically right: Genesis 30:33 (J) Deuteronomy 6:25; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 41:18; Ezekiel 14:14, 20; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 11:4, 5, 18, 19 + 17 times, + (ה)צַךִּיק(ים) צִדְקַת Isaiah 5:23; Ezekiel 18:20; Ezekiel 33:12; ישׁרים צ׳ Proverbs 11:6; אֹרַח צ׳ Proverbs 8:20; Proverbs 12:28; דֶּרֶךְ צ׳ Proverbs 16:31; עשׂה צ׳ do righteousness Psalm 106:3; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 58:2; Ezekiel 18:22; עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Ezekiel 18:5 + 6 times Ezekiel; ומשׁפט עשׂה צ׳ Genesis 18:10 (J) Proverbs 21:8; רדף צ׳ Proverbs 15:9; Proverbs 21:21; הלך באמת ובצ׳ 1 Kings 3:6; חשׁב לוֺ (ל)צ׳ Genesis 15:6 (JE) imputed to him (for) righteousness, Psalm 106:31; וָחֶסֶד צ׳ Proverbs 21:21 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXXA B Toy).
6. righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc. (compare צֶדֶק 6):
a. of God || יָשַׁע, תְּשׁוּעָה, יְשׁוּעָה Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:6 + 7 times Isaiah2; || בְּרָכָה Psalm 24:6; || נַחֲלָה Isaiah 54:17; || חֶסֶד Psalm 36:11; Psalm 103:17; שֶׁמֶשׁ צ׳ Malachi 3:20 [Malachi 4:2] sun of righteousness (with healing); בִּצ׳, י׳ delivers, guides, exalts his people Psalm 5:9; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 89:17; Psalm 119:40; Psalm 143:1; Psalm 143:11; אַליָֿבאֹוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 69:28 (of wicked); as accusative after verbs of declaring, etc., his saving (delivering) righteousness Psalm 22:32 [Psalm 22:31]; Psalm 40:11; Psalm 51:16; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:16; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 98:2; Psalm 145:7; also יִוָּדַע צ׳ Psalm 88:13; עֹמֶדֶת צ׳ לָעַד his righteousness endureth for ever Psalm 111:3; compare Psalm 119:142.
b. of people, = prosperity, || הון, עשׁר Proverbs 8:18; מוֺרֶה לצ׳ early rain for prosperity Joel 2:23.
7. plural righteous acts:
a. of God Judges 5:11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:7; Micah 6:5; vindication of right Psalm 103:6; redemptive Isaiah 45:24; Daniel 9:16.
b. of man's moral conduct Isaiah 64:5; Jeremiah 51:10, also probably Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 33:13 (Kt singular) Psalm 11:7 (? gloss), Daniel 9:18; as adverb accusative, הֹלֵךְ צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6665.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:6; 15:6; 18:10; 30:33; 30:33

Deuteronomy

6:25; 33:21; 33:21

Judges

5:11; 5:11

1 Samuel

12:7; 26:23

2 Samuel

8:15; 19:29; 22:21; 22:25

1 Kings

3:6; 8:52; 10:9

1 Chronicles

18:14

2 Chronicles

6:23; 9:8

Job

27:6; 33:26; 37:23

Psalms

5:9; 11:7; 22:31; 24:6; 31:2; 36:7; 36:11; 40:11; 51:16; 69:28; 71:2; 71:15; 71:16; 71:19; 71:24; 72:1; 72:3; 88:13; 89:17; 98:2; 99:4; 103:6; 103:17; 106:3; 106:31; 111:3; 119:40; 119:142; 143:1; 143:11; 145:7

Proverbs

8:18; 8:20; 10:2; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:18; 11:19; 12:28; 15:9; 16:12; 16:31; 21:8; 21:21; 21:21

Isaiah

1:27; 5:7; 5:16; 5:23; 9:6; 9:6; 10:22; 28:17; 32:16; 32:17; 33:5; 33:15; 33:15; 41:18; 45:8; 45:24; 46:13; 48:1; 51:6; 54:14; 54:17; 56:1; 57:12; 58:2; 60:17; 63:1; 64:5

Jeremiah

4:2; 9:23; 22:3; 22:15; 23:5; 33:15; 33:15; 51:10

Ezekiel

3:20; 14:14; 14:20; 18:5; 18:20; 18:22; 18:24; 33:12; 33:13; 45:9

Daniel

9:7; 9:16; 9:16; 9:18

Joel

2:23

Amos

5:7; 6:12

Micah

6:5; 7:9

Zechariah

8:8

Malachi

4:2

H6666

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6666 matches the Hebrew צְדָקָה (ṣᵊḏāqâ),
which occurs 157 times in 150 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 15:6–Psa 103:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:6 - [fn] And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - And my righteousness shall [fn]answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - And there shall be mercy to us, if we take heed to keep all these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 - Speak not in thine heart, when the Lord thy God has destroyed these nations before thy face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - Not for thy righteousness, nor for the holiness of thy heart, dost thou go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before thee, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord sware to our fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - And thou shalt know to-day, that it is not for thy righteousnesses the Lord thy God gives thee this good land to inherit, for thou art a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13 - Thou shalt surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless thee; and it shall be [fn]mercy to thee before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - And he saw his first-fruits, that there the land of the princes gathered with the chiefs of the people was divided; the Lord wrought righteousness, and his judgment with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11 - ye that are delivered from the noise of [fn]disturbers among the drawers of water; there shall they relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous acts in Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - And now stand still, and I will judge you before the Lord; and I will relate to you all the righteousness of the Lord, the things which he has wrought among you and your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23 - And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered thee this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15 - And David reigned over all Israel: and David wrought judgment and justice over all his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - (LXX 19:29) For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet thou hast set thy servant among them that eat at thy table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:25 - And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon said, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with thy servant David my father according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, to [fn]set his son upon his throne, [fn]as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32 - then shalt thou hear from heaven, and do, and thou shalt judge thy people Israel, that the wicked should be [fn]condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish him for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:14 - So David reigned over all Israel; and he executed judgment and justice to all his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then shalt thou hearken out of heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, to recompense the transgressor, and to return his ways upon his head: and to justify the righteous, to recompense him according to his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Blessed be the Lord thy God, who took pleasure in thee, to set thee upon his throne for a king, to the Lord thy God: forasmuch as the Lord thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever, therefore he has set thee over them for a king to execute judgment and justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26 - And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; he shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression of praise: for he will render to men their due.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:8 - Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 - and we do not find another his equal in strength: as for him that judges justly, dost thou not think that he listens?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 - (LXX 5:9) Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 - (LXX 10:7) For the Lord is righteous, and loves [fn]righteousness; his face beholds uprightness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:31 - (LXX 21:32) And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:5 - (LXX 23:5) He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - (LXX 30:1) For the end, a Psalm of David, an utterance of [fn]extreme fear. (30:2) O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 - (LXX 32:5) He loves mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - (LXX 35:7) Thy righteousness is as the [fn]mountains of God, thy judgments are as a great deep: O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:10 - (LXX 35:11) Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - (LXX 39:11) I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 - (LXX 50:16) Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 - (LXX 68:28) Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 - (LXX 70:2) In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline thine ear to me, and save me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:15 - (LXX 70:15) My mouth shall declare thy righteousness openly, and thy salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:16 - (LXX 70:16) I will go on in the might of the Lord: O Lord, I will make mention of thy righteousness only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:19 - (LXX 70:19) even thy power and thy righteousness, O God, up to the highest heavens, even the mighty works which thou hast done: O God, who is like to thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - (LXX 70:24) Moreover also my tongue shall [fn]dwell all the day upon thy righteousness; when they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:1 - (LXX 71:1) For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:3 - (LXX 71:3) Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - (LXX 87:13) Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:16 - (LXX 88:17) And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2 - (LXX 97:2) The Lord has made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:4 - (LXX 98:4) And the king's honour loves judgment; thou hast prepared [fn]equity, thou hast wrought judgment and justice in Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:6 - (LXX 102:6) The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.

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