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God’s Righteous Judgment

Psalms 75:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
KJV
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.receive…: or, take a set time
WEB
When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
ASV
When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.
LSV
When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.
YLT
When I receive an appointment, I — I do judge uprightly.
DBY
When I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity.
DRC74:3
When I shall take a time, I will judge justices.
GNV
When I shall take a conuenient time, I will iudge righteously.
JPS75:3
'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.
LXXE74:3
When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.

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Original-language editions

WLC75:3
כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י מֵישָׁרִ֥ים אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃KJV:Ps.75.2
LXX-Br74:3
Ὅταν λάβω καιρὸν, ἐγὼ εὐθύτητας κρινῶ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
  • Acts 17:31For 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.”
  • John 7:6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
  • Acts 1:7Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
  • Psalms 102:13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
  • 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
  • 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
  • Psalms 101:2I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
  • 2 Samuel 23:3–4The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God, is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the…
  • Psalms 78:70–72He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 75:3 in some Bibles
  • 75:2 in most Bibles

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