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Psalm 7:11
God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
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The phrase “every day” confronts any picture of God as indifferent to evil, while “righteous judge” ties his indignation to justice.
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Nahum 1:2The LORD is a jealous God and avenges. The LORD avenges and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his …Both texts describe God's enduring anger; Nahum names his adversaries and enemies as those against whom his wrath remains.
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.Both name God's indignation, with Nahum describing its destructive force and asking who can endure it.
Psalm 7:8The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.The appeal for God to judge according to righteousness rests within the same psalm that declares him a righteous judge.
1 Peter 2:23When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.God's righteous judgment is the shared thread: the psalm declares it, and Peter describes the suffering Christ entrusting himself to it.
Psalm 94:15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.Both join judgment with righteousness, with Psalm 94 looking toward judgment's return to righteousness.
Psalm 140:12–13I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.Both speak of God's justice; Psalm 140 names the afflicted and needy as people whose cause he will maintain.
Psalm 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.Both identify God as judge and declare his righteousness as central to that judgment.
2 Timothy 4:8From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to …Both use “righteous judge,” while Timothy's passage describes the Lord awarding the crown of righteousness.
Exodus 10:1The LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs among them;The connection is limited: Exodus describes God's action concerning Pharaoh's heart and signs, while the psalm names his righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of …Both portray God as angry at evil; Deuteronomy spells out threatened destruction for those who have forsaken him.
Judges 11:27Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. May the LORD the Judge be judge today between the children of Israel and the …Both name God as judge; Judges records an appeal for him to decide between Israel and Ammon.
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God's indignation can be hard to reckon with. In this prayer for wickedness to end, his anger belongs to the judge whose judgment is righteous.
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