For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
- KJV For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
- NKJV (For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us);
- NASB For the Lord is our judge, The Lord is our lawgiver, The Lord is our king; He will save us—
- NLT For the Lord is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us.
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Quick answer
Yahweh alone is judge, lawgiver, and king, and therefore he is the one who saves his people.
Overview
This verse roots Judah's hope in the threefold rule of God over justice, law, and kingship, concluding that he will save. Because the Lord holds all authority, salvation rests in him, not in human leaders or alliances. It foreshadows Christ, in whom God's role as judge, lawgiver, and king is fully revealed, and through whom salvation comes.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jas 4:12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
- Acts 5:31God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
- Zeph 3:15–17The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Isa 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
- Ps 89:18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 35:4Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Rev 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
- Ps 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
- Ps 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Isa 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- Isa 16:5in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
- Deut 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Gen 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Ps 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
- Neh 10:14And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
- Ps 74:12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
- Ps 147:19–20He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- 2 Cor 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Ps 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
- Heb 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- Matt 21:5“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
- Titus 3:4–6But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Matt 1:21–23She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Luke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
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