"Will There Be Enough Justice?"

Matthew 23:23
“and you have neglected the weightier (matters) of the law: justice, and mercy, and faithfulness.”

Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine, 1941-2008), translated by Jeffrey Sacks
“and say to him, to Mary’s son:
How could you  do to us what you did to yourself?
Sir, do we have enough justice so that we’ll
be just tomorrow?”  

translated by Fady Joudah
“No spectators at chasm’s door . . . and no
one is neutral here. And you must choose
your part in the end”

Amos 5:24
“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Deuteronomy 16:20
“Justice, only justice shalt thou pursue, that thou
mayest live. . .”

Adonis (Syria, b. 1930), translated by Shawkat M. Toorawa
“A time between ashes and roses is coming
When everything shall be extinguished
When everything shall begin.”

Yehuda Amichai (Israel, 1924-2000), translated by Harold Schimmel
“The vines I’ve sat under, the fig tree,
all are words. The rustling of leaves
gives an illusion of God and of justice.”