Psalms 9:8
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He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
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before 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.
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
For 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.”
on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
Far 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?”
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah