The Psalmist is going to use this motif when he denounces social injustice, exploitation of the poor and so on.

赞美诗的作者，也常常借用这种思想,谴责社会不公正，对穷人的剥削。

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If we do justice and if we respect rights, society as a whole will be better off in the long run.

如果我们秉持公正，尊重权利，从长远看，社会整体会发展得更好。

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Deuteronomy also emphasizes social justice and personal ethics and neighborly responsibility. God's own righteous behavior on behalf of the weak and the oppressed is a model for Israel's righteous behavior.

申命记还强调社会公正和个人道德,以及邻里责任，上帝自身的代表弱者和被压迫者的,正直的行为是以色列人正直行为的范本。

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It is only in the state of nature, he tells us, that individuals have the right to determine just and unjust, right and wrong for themselves.

他认为，只有在自然社会中，个人才有权力决定,什么是公正，不公正，什么是对什么是错。

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In order for a more or less just society to remind me of justice itself, so that I can start thinking about the nature of justice itself, I have to somehow have already been acquainted with perfect justice.

如果一个较为正义的社会,能让我想到公正本身,能让我思考公正的本质,我起码需要,对完美的正义有所认识

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Well, he says because in the long run, if we do justice and if we respect rights, society as a whole will be better off in the long run.

他说，因为从长远看，如果我们秉持公正，尊重权利，社会整体会发展得更好。

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