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³ Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, for there is no salvation in him. ⁴ His breath will go out, he returns to the earth; his thoughts perish in that day. ⁵ Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob in his help; his hope is on Jehovah his God; ⁶ who made the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; ⁷ who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry; Jehovah sets free the prisoners; ⁸ Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises those bowed down; Jehovah loves the righteous; ⁹ Jehovah watches over the strangers; He relieves the orphan and the widow, but He warps the way of the wicked. ¹⁰ Jehovah shall reign forever; O Zion, your God from generation and generation. Praise Jehovah.

²¹ And He changes the times and the seasons; He causes to pass away kings, and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who know understanding.

¹ First of all then, I exhort that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men, ² for kings and all the ones being in high position, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet existence in all godliness and dignity.

¹⁴ When you come into the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you, and have possessed it, and settled in it; and you shall say, Let me set a king over me like all the nations around me, ¹⁵ then you shall certainly set a king over you. You may not set an alien over you, one who is not your brother. ¹⁶ Only, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt so as to multiply horses, since Jehovah has said to you, You shall not again return in this way any more. ¹⁷ And he shall not multiply wives to himself, and his heart shall not turn aside. And he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. ¹⁸ And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from before the priests, the Levites. ¹⁹ And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Jehovah your God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; ²⁰ so that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left; so that he may prolong his days over his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.

² When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people sigh.

¹⁷ And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, The thing which you do is not good. ¹⁸ Surely you will wear out, both you and this people with you. For the thing is heavy for you. You are not able to do it by yourself. ¹⁹ Now listen to my voice. I will counsel you, and may God be with you. You be for this people before God, and you bring the matters to God. ²⁰ And you warn them as to the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they should walk, and the work which they should do. ²¹ And you, you shall look out men of ability out of all the people, who fear God, men of truth, haters of unjust gain. And you place these over them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

² The heart of the wise is toward his right, but the fool's heart toward his left.

¹ Let every soul be subject to higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, but the existing authorities have been ordained by God.

¹ Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready in every good work, ² to speak evil of no one, not quarrelsome, but forbearing, having displayed all meekness to all men. ³ For we also once were senseless, disobedient, led astray, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. ⁴ But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, ⁵ not by works in righteousness which we had done, but according to His mercy, He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ, our Savior; ⁷ that being justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. ⁸ Faithful is the Word, and concerning these things I desire you strongly to affirm that the ones believing God should take thought to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. ⁹ But keep back from foolish questionings and genealogies and arguments and quarrels of law, for they are unprofitable and vain. ¹⁰ After the first and second warning, avoid a man of heresy, ¹¹ knowing that such a one has been perverted and sins, being self-condemned.

¹ Let every soul be subject to higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, but the existing authorities have been ordained by God. ² So that the one resisting authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and the ones opposing will receive judgment to themselves. ³ For the rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the bad. And do you desire not to fear the authority? Do the good, and you will have praise from it; ⁴ for it is a servant of God to you for the good. But if you practice evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to the one practicing evil. ⁵ Because of this, it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience. ⁶ For on this account you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God, always giving attention to this very thing. ⁷ Then give to all their dues: to the one due tax, the tax; to the one due tribute, the tribute; to the one due fear, the fear; to the one due honor, the honor. ⁸ Do not continue to owe anything, except to love one another. For the one loving the other has fulfilled the law. ⁹ For, "Do not commit adultery," "do not murder," "do not steal," do not bear false witness, "do not lust," Ex. 20:13-15, 17 and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Lev. 19:18 ¹⁰ Love does not work evil to the neighbor. Then love is the fulfillment of law. ¹¹ Also this, knowing the time, that it is now the hour for you to be aroused from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near; then let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of the light. ¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkennesses, not in co-habitation and lustful acts, not in fighting and envy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take thought beforehand for the lusts of the flesh.

¹³ Give wise and understanding men, and those known to your tribes, and I will appoint them rulers over you.