668. 'For Thy judgments have been made manifest' signifies that the truths of the Word openly testify this. By 'judgments' are signified the Divine truths in accordance with which a man ought to live, out of which his quality is recognised, and in accordance with which he will be judged. And because these Divine Truths are in the Word, and the Word has now been opened, and this testifies that the Only Lord is the God of heaven and earth, therefore by 'for Thy judgments have been made manifest' is signified that the truths of the Word testify it. That the Word has now been opened, and that it testifies that the Only Lord is the God of heaven and earth, and that one ought to live in accordance with His precepts, and that the present-day faith should be removed, can be established out of the four 'Doctrines' now published, the one CONCERNING THE LORD, the second CONCERNING SACRED SCRIPTURE, the third CONCERNING LIFE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRECEPTS OF THE DECALOGUE, and the fourth CONCERNING FAITH. These are the things that are understood by 'for Thy judgments have been made manifest'. [2] Since the Lord is Divine Good and Divine Truth, and by 'judgment' is signified Divine Truth and by 'justice' Divine Good, therefore in many places where it treats of the Lord 'justice and judgment 'is said, as in the following:-
Zion shall be redeemed injustice, and her returned [exiles] in judgment Isa. i 27.
He shall sit upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to establish it in judgment and justice Isa. ix 6.
Jehovah shall be exalted, for He dwells on high, and has filled the land* with judgment and justice Isa. xxxiii 5.
Let him who is glorying glory in this, that Jehovah executes judgment and justice in the land Jer. ix 24 [H.B. 23].
I will raise unto David a just Branch, Who shall reign and execute judgment and justice in the land Jer. xxiii 5; xxxiii 15.
I will betroth Me** unto thee in justice and in judgment Hosea ii 19.
Judgment shall flow as waters, and justice as a strong torrent Amos v 24.
O Jehovah, Thy justice is like the mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep Ps. xxxvi 6 [H.B. 7].
Jehovah shall bring forth thy justice as the light, and judgment as the noonday Ps. xxxvii 6.
Jehovah shall judge thy people in justice, and thy miserable ones in judgment Ps. lxxii 2.
Justice and judgment are the support of Thy throne Ps. lxxxix 14 [H.B. 15].
When I shall have learned the judgments of Thy justice: seven times a day do I praise Thee because of the judgments of Thy justice Ps. cxix 7, 164.
Also elsewhere, that they ought to do justice and judgment, as Isa. i 21; v 16; lvi 1; lviii 2; Jer. iv 2; xxii 3, 13, 15; Ezek. xviii 5; xxxiii 14, 16, 19; Amos vi 12; Micah vii 9; Deut. xxxiii 21; John xvi 8, 10 [, 11]. There 'justice' is said of the good of truth, and 'judgment' of the truth of good. [3] Since 'judgment' is said of truth and 'justice' of good, therefore in some places 'the truth (veritas) and justice' is said, as Isa. xi 5; Ps. lxxxv 11 [H.B. 12]; and in David:-
The judgments of Jehovah are the truth (veritas), at the same time they are just, more to be desired than gold, and sweeter than honey Ps. xix 9, 10 [H.B. 10, 11]
That the Lord's government in the celestial kingdom is termed 'justice', and in the spiritual kingdom 'judgment', may be seen in the work CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL, published at London (n. 214-216). * The Original Edition has terram (land), as also have SS 85, DLW 38 and TCR 51; but AC 2235, 9857, HH 216, and AE 946 have Zionem (Zion), as in Hebrew. ** The Original Edition has Me tibi (Me to thee) as also in AE 388, SS 85, DLW 38, TCR 51, and Coronis 3; but in many other places, including AR 567, we find te Mihi (thee unto Me) as in Hebrew.
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