Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
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