HEB: אַ֭שְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵ֣י מִשְׁפָּ֑ט עֹשֵׂ֖ה צְדָקָ֣ה INT: A rascally scorneth of justice and the mouth of the wicked, Proverbs 21:3 HEB: הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים יָבִ֥א בְמִשְׁפָּ֖ט עַ֣ל כָּל־ NAS: And do not walk in My judgments, NAS: them, to do justice and righteousness. INT: has done his wonders and the judgments his mouth, Psalm 105:7 The Hebrew word commonly translated in English as “justice” is mishpat. NAS: Thus He looked for justice, but behold, HEB: לַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ עַל־ הַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט וְלִ֨גְבוּרָ֔ה מְשִׁיבֵ֥י INT: the Passover the fire to the ordinance the holy boiled, Ezra 3:4 HEB: וְשָׁ֥אַל ל֛וֹ בְּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט הָאוּרִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֣י NAS: My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’ As Tim Keller explains, The Hebrew word for “justice,” mishpat, occurs in its various forms more than 200 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. NAS: [that] in the place of justice there INT: praise Because ordinances of your righteous, Psalm 119:175 -gender justice. INT: become and executed justice and righteousness for all, 1 Chronicles 22:13 NAS: you statutes and judgments just Ezekiel 20:13: “not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do,” KJV: the breastplate of judgment with cunning NAS: a sin worthy of death It’s most basic meaning is something like to give people their due or to treat people fairly. justice, incl. NAS: for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. HEB: תּוֹרָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אֶחָ֖ד יִהְיֶ֣ה KJV: and [to keep] my statutes and my judgments, as [did] David How shall we order the child, HEB: צִיּ֖וֹן בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט תִּפָּדֶ֑ה וְשָׁבֶ֖יהָ NAS: by their number according to the ordinance; Zephaniah 3:5: “iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not;” מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ, mish-pawt’; from 8199; prop. HEB: הַזָּהָ֛ב עֶ֖שֶׂר כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ בַּֽהֵיכָ֔ל INT: has made the LORD judgment has executed the work, Psalm 10:5 NAS: righteous deeds And judgments for all NAS: it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness My wound Thus far is the judgment of Moab.” HEB: בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ ס HEB: בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָלִ֣יץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים HEB: אֶל־ חֹ֣שֶׁן הַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט אֶת־ הָאוּרִים֙ It's just right through. Jeremiah 5:1: “if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon” INT: before the congregation trial, Numbers 35:24 NAS: up Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, NAS: To show partiality in judgment is not good. INT: to do righteousness and justice is desired the LORD, Proverbs 21:7 KJV: in Israel statutes and judgments. INT: shall do wrong judgment measurement of weight, Leviticus 19:37 Or HEB: גָּד֔וֹל וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם בַּחֲרָב֖וֹת וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים Jeremiah 4:2: “The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.” The word mishpat means judgment. And not just take care of them like give them some money or food. Since, however, the ancients did not always divide the functions of government, as most modern governments do, between legislative, executive, and judicial functions (and departments) the common translation, “to judge,” misleads us. INT: speak together judgment come, Isaiah 42:1 NAS: She [who] was full of justice! KJV: to do judgment and justice. HEB: מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ NAS: to the statutes and the judgments which … To “do justice” is to do what is right; but it is also to have mercy. NAS: My statutes and My ordinances, HEB: שַׁעֲשׁוּעָ֑יו וַיְקַ֤ו לְמִשְׁפָּט֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִשְׂפָּ֔ח NAS: by their number according to the ordinance; KJV: into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD. The Hebrew noun מִשְׁפָּט mishpat refers to the just judgments that follow from God’s righteous character. HEB: עֵ֗ת מָר֣וֹם מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ מִנֶּגְדּ֑וֹ כָּל־ KJV: from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over … Over and over again, mishpat describes taking up the care … KJV: To execute upon them the judgment written: KJV: shall be exalted in judgment, and God HEB: לְמֶ֔לֶךְ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃ INT: of the poor and violent of justice and righteousness see, Ecclesiastes 8:5 Jeremiah 10:24: “O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.” KJV: to do judgment. INT: the LORD of hosts judgment God and the holy, Isaiah 9:7 KJV: but [every] man’s judgment [cometh] from the LORD. HEB: בְּכָל־ הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מִשְׁפָּטָֽיו׃ HEB: הַחֻקִּ֣ים וְאֶת־ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י NAS: speaks what is right. KJV: and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command KJV: and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ, mish-pawt´; from 8199; prop. HEB: הָבִ֖ין לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ or collect. INT: now have prepared my case know that, Job 14:3 KJV: For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, INT: to the house of the LORD to the ordinance through Aaron, 1 Chronicles 28:7 HEB: אֶת־ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן כְּמִ֨שְׁפָּט֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָרְאֵ֖יתָ Ezekiel 20:24: “Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths,” NAS: of Your righteous ordinances. HEB: מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֶחָד֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה HEB: וְאֶת־ כָּל־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם Lewis contrasted OT vs. modern justice in a book excerpt (from Reflections on the Psalms ). Having a humble heart walks with the LORD. INT: the statutes and to the judgments which I, Deuteronomy 4:5 Will you condemn NAS: statutes and ordinances, you shall warn “Do justice, do righteousness!” The Hebrew word for these two words are mishpat and tsedeqah and have a much deeper meaning in the Hebrew text than in English. NAS: Him in the path of justice and taught INT: loves righteousness and justice of the lovingkindness of the LORD, Psalm 35:23 HEB: לֹא־ יָבִ֣ינוּ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה Ezekiel 20:21: “in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do,” INT: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne, Psalm 89:30 HEB: וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים HEB: בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ ס NAS: according to their order. It’s advocating for the oppressed and striving to change social structures that foster injustice. KJV: of gold according to their form, and set KJV: of the LORD, according to their manner, under KJV: my statutes and my judgments; INT: A robe turban my justice, Job 31:13 NAS: this is according to justice? NAS: They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, ; ≡ Str 4941; TWOT 2443c—1. NAS: the statutes and the ordinances which NAS: [His] statutes and ordinances in Israel. INT: Stir and awake to my right my God and my Lord, Psalm 36:6 INT: and the blood according ordinances to these, Numbers 35:29 HEB: תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֙וֶל֙ בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹא־ תִשָּׂ֣א Ezekiel 33:19: “turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live” NAS: shall be the boy’s mode of life and his vocation? Ezekiel 20:25: “statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;” NAS: and according to all its plans. “Love mercy.” This Hebrew … Amos 5:15: “and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God” NAS: I have despised the claim of my male KJV: Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor NAS: and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live INT: my judgments perform my statutes, Leviticus 18:5 NAS: that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help KJV: Zion with judgment and righteousness. INT: the midst of the paths of justice, Proverbs 12:5 NAS: of All the ordinances of Your mouth. HEB: רָ֑ע וְעֵ֣ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֔ט יֵדַ֖ע לֵ֥ב HEB: וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה כָּל־ מִשְׁפָּטֽוֹ׃ NAS: and according to all its ordinances. land that they can work and develop and cultivate to … NAS: statutes and ordinances. INT: to teach statutes and judgments perform the land, Deuteronomy 4:45 INT: is swept want of judgment, Proverbs 16:8 מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'; from H8199; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge, … translations) and righteousness’, in Hebrew mishpat u-tsedaqa (or less often in the reverse order); in poetic texts the two elements are often divided between the two halves of the poetic line, e.g. HEB: בְּחֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֥ INT: O God your ordinances and teach, Psalm 119:120 NAS: was in him to administer justice. 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