Your decrees
are my delight. (Psalm
119:24)
One of God’s decrees is that each tribe (maybe we could say city, county or state) “shall appoint judges and officials in all our towns …and they shall render just decisions. You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you” (Dt 16:18-20).
That’s pretty close to the motto engraved on the west façade of our Supreme Court building: “Equal Justice Under Law.” Even God’s chosen people living in God’s Promised Land, require “judges and officials in all their towns.” It’s God’s idea; it is his decree for our good. Maybe that’s why the Apostle encourages us to “be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God” (Ro 13:1).
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