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The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Psalms 7:8 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
  • KJV The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
  • NKJV The Lord shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
  • NASB The Lord judges the peoples; Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
  • NLT The Lord judges the nations. Declare me righteous, O Lord, for I am innocent, O Most High!

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Quick answer

As God judges the peoples, David asks to be judged according to his righteousness and integrity. He confidently submits his cause to the righteous Judge.

Overview

David asks the Judge of all the earth to vindicate him on the merits of his integrity in this matter. His plea is for a just verdict, not a claim of total sinlessness. Believers ultimately stand before God not on their own righteousness but on the perfect righteousness of Christ credited to them by faith (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • Ps 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  • Rom 14:10–12Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
  • 2 Cor 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
  • Ps 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
  • 1 Th 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
  • Ps 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  • Ps 26:1Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
  • Ps 78:72So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
  • 1 Cor 4:4–5My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
  • Ps 35:24–27Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
  • Ps 9:8He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
  • Ps 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
  • 2 Chr 20:12Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
  • Ps 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
  • 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 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
  • Ps 41:12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
  • Gen 31:53May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
  • Ps 17:2–3May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
  • Ps 18:20–24The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
  • Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
  • Prov 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
  • Ps 82:1A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 7:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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