To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB to execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise Yah!
- BSB to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
- NKJV To execute on them the written judgment— This honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord!
- NASB To execute against them the judgment written. This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the Lord!
- NLT to execute the judgment written against them. This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones. Praise the Lord!
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Quick answer
The saints carry out the judgment already written in God's word, and the psalm declares this to be an honor belonging to all His people, ending with praise.
Overview
God's judgments are not arbitrary but conform to His revealed word, so His people act by His authority and not their own. Being included in God's righteous purposes is presented as a high honor for all the saints. The closing 'Praise Yah!' frames even judgment within worship, and ultimately the saints' honor is fulfilled in reigning with Christ, who executes perfect judgment (1 Corinthians 6:2; Revelation 20:4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 1 Cor 6:2–3Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
- Ps 148:14He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
- Ps 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Rev 17:14–16These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
- Deut 32:42–43I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
- Deut 7:1–2When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
- Isa 14:22–23For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
- Ezek 28:26And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
- Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
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