“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
Parallel translations
- WEB When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
- KJV When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- NKJV “When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly.
- NASB “When I select an appointed time, It is I who judge fairly.
- NLT God says, “At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked.
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Quick answer
God declares that He will judge with perfect fairness at the time He appoints.
Overview
God Himself speaks, assuring His people that justice is on His timetable, not theirs. The appointed time affirms that God judges neither hastily nor too late but at the right moment, with complete equity. This promise of righteous judgment comforts the oppressed and warns the wicked, anticipating the final judgment entrusted to Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Eccl 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Acts 1:7Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
- 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.”
- John 7:6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
- Ps 102:13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
- 2 Sam 23:3–4The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
- 2 Sam 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
- 2 Sam 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
- 2 Sam 2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
- Ps 101:2I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- Ps 78:70–72He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
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