For the Lord is righteous;
he (A)loves righteous deeds;
    (B)the upright shall behold his face.

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(A)For I the Lord love justice;
    I hate robbery and wrong;[a]
(B)I will faithfully give them their recompense,
    (C)and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:8 Or robbery with a burnt offering

“Behold, God is mighty, and (A)does not despise any;
    he is (B)mighty in strength of understanding.
He does not keep the wicked alive,
    but gives (C)the afflicted their right.
He does not withdraw his (D)eyes from the righteous,
    but with (E)kings on the throne
    he sets them forever, and they are (F)exalted.

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