Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Hunger and thirst = desperate

Righteousness - right relationships, that which is good and right, a desire to love God and others. Craving fairness and justice. Equity among all people.

Those who desire, or crave, righteousness will get what they want/desire - their thirst will be quenched, their stomach’s filled! 

God is righteous. He’ll do what’s right. In the Kingdom, there is justice.

 

The English word “righteousness” refers to the quality of being righteous or in the right and is cognate to “just,” “justness,” and “justice.” In biblical usage, “righteousness” possesses ethical, forensic, salvific, and socioreligious connotations, depending on the context. Generally speaking, in relation to God, “righteousness” can refer to a divine attribute or to a divine activity, while in relation to human subjects, “righteousness” primarily denotes a legal and social status or a moral state.