Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; / Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.