צֶ֫דֶק
tse.deq (H6664G)
righteousness
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# Tsedek (צֶ֫דֶק): Righteousness in Biblical Hebrew The Hebrew word *tsedek* appears 117 times throughout the Bible and carries the primary meaning of "righteousness." This term represents a central concept in biblical thought, appearing with sufficient frequency to suggest its foundational importance in how ancient Hebrew speakers understood ethical and relational correctness. The consistent translation as "righteousness" indicates that the word encompasses both moral behavior and a state of being in proper standing—whether before God, within community, or in personal conduct. The substantial number of occurrences across the biblical text suggests that *tsedek* addressed multiple contexts relevant to Hebrew speakers: personal morality, judicial fairness, divine justice, and covenant faithfulness. Rather than being confined to narrow theological usage, the word's frequency indicates it functioned as a key term for describing what constituted proper behavior across different spheres of life. This widespread distribution throughout 117 biblical passages reflects its role as a fundamental value in ancient Israelite religious and social discourse, making it essential vocabulary for understanding how biblical authors framed ethical obligation and divine expectation.
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“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
They will call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.”
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.
Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.
Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
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