TSK · Deuteronomy 25:1

“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,

When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,

He says,“How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked?(Selah)

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.

to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,

“‘In a controversy they will act as judges; they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe my Sabbaths.

For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.