Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
Parallel translations
- WEB Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
- KJV Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
- NKJV Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.
- NASB For the wrath of mankind shall praise You; You will encircle Yourself with a remnant of wrath.
- NLT Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon.
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Quick answer
Even human wrath ends up praising God, and He restrains the remainder of that wrath.
Overview
God so rules over evil that even the fury of His enemies serves His glory and purposes. What He does not turn to praise, He restrains so it cannot exceed His sovereign limits. This assures believers that no hostile rage escapes God's control, supremely shown when the wrath that crucified Christ accomplished salvation.
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- Rom 9:17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Acts 4:26–28The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
- Dan 3:19–20At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- Matt 24:22If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
- Gen 37:26–28Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
- Acts 12:3–19And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Ps 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- Exod 15:9–11The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- Gen 37:18–20Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Rev 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
- Exod 9:16–17But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
- Matt 2:13–16When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- Ps 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Gen 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- Ps 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
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