What exactly does it look like to do justice? The Psalter shows us. Justice shows no partiality. It maintains the rights of the weak and it rescues the needy (Ps. 82). It rejects the use of arrogant words and the desire to take advantage of the vulnerable (Ps. 94). The just do not kill the innocent (Ps. 10); they refuse to speak out of two sides of their mouth (Ps. 28); they’re not bloodthirsty (Ps. 139); they’re not greedy (Pss. 10; 73); they’re not conniving (Ps. 94); they don’t love violence (Ps. 11).16 Those who love justice actively reject all systems that oppress people (Ps. 58).
