KJV King James Version
So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Psalm 58:11
So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
WEB World English Bible
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
ASV American Standard Version
So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And man saith: ‘Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!’
Surrounding context — Psalm 58
8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Psalm 67:4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.Psalm 64:9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.Psalm 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;Psalm 98:9Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.Romans 6:21-22What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.Psalm 73:13-15Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.2 Peter 3:4-10And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation.Psalm 96:13Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.Psalm 92:15To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.Psalm 9:8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.Psalm 94:2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.Psalm 18:20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.Psalm 9:16The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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