²⁸ Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king,
   and his throne is upheld by righteousness.

21The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
   he turns it wherever he will.
² All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
   but the Lord weighs the heart.
³ To do righteousness and justice
   is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
   the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
⁷ The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
   because they refuse to do what is just.