The Assyrian and Hebrew Hymns of Praise

by Charles Gordon Cumming

He loveth justice.

—Psalm 99:4.

Yahwe overthrows wickedness and establishes righteousness:

Thou dost establish equity,

Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.

—Psalm 99:4.

Psalm 11 says of Yahwe as king:

Yahwe trieth the righteous,

But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Upon the wicked he will rain snares;