God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
Parallel translations
- WEB God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
- KJV God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
- NKJV God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.
- NASB God is a righteous judge, And a God who shows indignation every day.
- NLT God is an honest judge. He is angry with the wicked every day.
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God is a righteous judge who feels indignation against evil every day. His justice is constant and His opposition to sin unceasing.
Overview
David affirms two truths together: God is perfectly righteous in judgment, and He is daily moved with holy anger against wickedness. God's wrath is not arbitrary temper but His steady, righteous response to evil. This sobering reality magnifies the mercy of the gospel, where Christ bears that righteous wrath for all who believe.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Nah 1:2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Nah 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- Ps 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Ps 94:15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
- Ps 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Ps 140:12–13I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
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