Psalms 94:20
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
BSB
ASV
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
KJV
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
"Shall the seat of iniquity cling to you?" You who judge righteousness, can you have iniquity for a neighbor? "You who fashion sorrow in a commandment?" The commandments of God have the sorrow of repentance; but that sorrow itself is good, because it furnishes the medicine of sinners. For unless with sweat and toil, we shall not do the commandments of God. Let no one, then, suppose that he will be crowned amid delights. "The widow who is in delights, while living, is dead."
Their dignity served to put a reputation upon sin, and their authority was employed to support it, and to bring about their wicked designs. It is a pity that ever a throne, which should be a terror to evil-doers and a protection and praise to those that do well, should be the seat and shelter of iniquity.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee? Such thrones there are, and they plead a right divine, but their claim is groundless, a fraud upon mankind and a blasphemy of heaven. God enters into no alliance with unjust authority, he gives no sanction to unrighteous legislation. Which frameth mischief by a law? They legalise robbery and violence, and then plead that it is the law of the land; and so indeed it may be, but it is a wickedness for all that.
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Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
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Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
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Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
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Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
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Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
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