Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Parallel translations
- WEB For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
- KJV But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
- NKJV But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it.
- NASB For judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it.
- NLT Judgment will again be founded on justice, and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.
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Quick answer
Justice will return to the righteous, and the upright in heart will follow it. God will set things right, vindicating those who are upright.
Overview
The psalmist trusts that the present perversion of justice is temporary; righteousness will be restored. When God acts, the upright will gladly walk in the justice He establishes. This anticipates the kingdom of Christ, in which righteousness fully dwells and the meek inherit the earth (2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 9:7).
Cross-references & the web
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- Mic 7:9Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
- Ps 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Ps 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
- Ps 125:3–5For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
- Ps 7:8–9The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Ps 94:2–3Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
- Mal 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Jas 5:7–11Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Ps 58:11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
- Job 35:14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
- Rev 15:3–4and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- 2 Pet 3:8–10Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- Job 23:11–12My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
- Deut 32:35–36Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
- Isa 42:3A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
- Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
- Ps 37:5–7Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
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