1. Zephaniah 3:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does it mean that the Lord “does no injustice”?

Zephaniah 3:5 (ESV)

5 The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.

The root of the word for injustice expresses the idea of deviancy (see Psalm 7:14; Isaiah 26:10). The Lord in his conduct does not deviate from uprightness.