Lexicon :: Strong's H4339 - mêšār

I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present[fn] here giving joyfully and[fn] willingly to you.

And he judges the world with righteousness;

he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.

Let my vindication come from you,

for you see what is right.

Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?[fn]

Do you judge people fairly?

“When I choose a time,

I will judge fairly.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.

The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.

He judges the peoples fairly.”

before the LORD,

for he is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world righteously

and the peoples fairly.

The mighty King loves justice.

You have established fairness;

you have administered justice

and righteousness in Jacob.

for receiving prudent instruction

in righteousness, justice, and integrity;

Then you will understand righteousness, justice,

and integrity ​— ​every good path.

“Listen, for I speak of noble things,

and what my lips say is right.

My innermost being will celebrate

when your lips say what is right.

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,

because it gleams in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

Take me with you ​— ​let’s hurry.

Oh, that the king would bring[fn] me to his chambers.

We will rejoice and be glad in you;

we will celebrate your caresses more than wine.

It is only right that they adore you.

Your mouth[fn] is like fine wine —

flowing smoothly for my love,

gliding past my lips and teeth![fn]

The path of the righteous is level;

you clear a straight path for the righteous.

The one who lives righteously

and speaks rightly,

who refuses profit from extortion,

whose hand never takes a bribe,

who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots

and shuts his eyes against evil schemes —

“I have not spoken in secret,

somewhere in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:

Seek me in a wasteland.

I am the LORD, who speaks righteously,

who declares what is right.

“After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. She will not retain power, and his strength will not endure. She will be given up, together with her entourage, her father,[fn] and the one who supported her during those times.