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Psalm 106:3
Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
1Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise?
3Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
4Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
5that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
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“At all times” leaves no part of life outside the verse’s concern, linking blessing with justice kept through the course of a day.
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Psalm 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;Both psalms connect blessing with a person’s conduct: keeping justice here, and avoiding the counsel and company of wickedness in Psalm 1.
Deuteronomy 28:1It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that the LORD …Both passages connect obedience with blessing, though Deuteronomy speaks of Israel’s standing among nations and the psalm speaks of those who keep justice.
Psalm 32:1By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.Both psalms name a person as blessed: here the one doing right, and in Psalm 32 the one whose sin is forgiven.
Psalm 15:2He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;Both passages use “does what is right” to describe a person’s conduct, with Psalm 15 also naming truth in the heart.
Psalm 15:5he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.Keeping justice takes concrete form in Psalm 15 through refusing usury and refusing a bribe against the innocent.
James 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.Both passages connect blessing with sustained action: doing right at all times and continuing as a doer of the work.
Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his …Both passages describe righteous conduct, with Isaiah naming specific refusals of oppressive gain and bribes.
Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”Both passages pronounce blessing on those who persist in right conduct, with Isaiah naming Sabbath keeping and restraint from evil.
1 John 2:5But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:Both passages describe obedience as keeping something: justice in the psalm, and God’s word in 1 John.
1 John 3:7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.Both passages identify righteousness through what a person does, giving weight to conduct in their descriptions of the righteous.
John 13:17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.Both passages connect being blessed with doing, making action central to the blessing they describe.
John 15:14You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.Both texts attach weight to doing: the psalm names doing right, and Jesus speaks of doing what he commands.
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An ordinary day. injustice and anger. work conflict.
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Encouragement
God’s goodness frames these words about justice. Doing right matters to him, and “at all times” reaches into the small choices of an ordinary day.
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