For the Lord is righteous,(A)
    he loves justice;(B)
    the upright(C) will see his face.(D)

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For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

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The Lord is gracious and righteous;(A)
    our God is full of compassion.(B)

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Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

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צ Tsadhe

137 You are righteous,(A) Lord,
    and your laws are right.(B)

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137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

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But the Lord is righteous;(A)
    he has cut me free(B) from the cords of the wicked.”(C)

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The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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17 The Lord is righteous(A) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.(B)

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17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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12 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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18 “The Lord is righteous,(A)
    yet I rebelled(B) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.(C)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.(D)

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18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

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