1 God presides in the great assembly;
he renders judgment among the “gods”:
2 “How long will you defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5 The gods know nothing, they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;
you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But you will die like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”
8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.
Most of the old testament calls us and tells us how kings should act. Truly, rulers have been put in place to execute justice, mercy and regard the cry of the poor. After the gospel is for the poor, the lost and the weary. This is what Jesus said “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, And as the king of kings he asked kings to do the same. Leadership, is after all a place to serve other as with what Joseph did. Wisdom has two sides and Justice has two sides after all. Justice affect all: he makes the sun shine on the just and unjust and he reigns down judgement on the just and the unjust. When the just do not warn the unjust. But more so for the unjust. Do not lead us to the wrath of God because you refuse to rule justly. Authority may be given to rulers to rule but power belongs to people Afterall.
Micah 6: 8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[a] with your God.
Songs: Maranatha