God Will Judge with Equity
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We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!
For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.
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"When I choose the proper time,
I will judge uprightly.
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The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved;
I set up its pillars firmly. Selah
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"I said to the boastful, 'Do not deal boastfully,'
And to the wicked, a 'Do not lift up the horn.
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Do not lift up your horn on high;
Do not speak with a stiff neck.' "
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For exaltation comes neither from the east
Nor from the west nor from the south.
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But b God is the Judge:
c He puts down one,
And exalts another.
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For d in the hand of the LORD there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.
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But I will declare forever,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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"All e the horns of the wicked I will also cut off,
But f the horns of the righteous shall be g exalted."
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Cross References
1 Samuel 2:3
Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
Psalms 94:4
They utter speech, and speak insolent things; All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
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Cross References
Psalms 50:6
Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah
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Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
Psalms 147:6
The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.
Daniel 2:21
And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.
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Cross References
Job 21:20
Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Psalms 60:3
You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion.
Jeremiah 25:15
For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me: "Take this wine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
Revelation 14:10
He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
Revelation 16:19
Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
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Cross References
Psalms 101:8
Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, And his arm is broken," says the LORD.
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Cross References
Psalms 89:17
For You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
Psalms 148:14
And He has exalted the horn of His people, The praise of all His saints - Of the children of Israel, A people near to Him. Praise the LORD!
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Cross References
1 Samuel 2:1
And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.