(A)The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for (B)God himself is judge! Selah

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(A)The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all (B)the peoples see his glory.

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Let (A)the heavens praise your (B)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of (C)the holy ones!

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but it is (A)God who executes judgment,
    (B)putting down one and lifting up another.

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    for (A)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (B)the great prostitute
    who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (C)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

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For to this end Christ (A)died and lived again, that he might be Lord both (B)of the dead and of the living.

10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For (C)we will all stand before (D)the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written,

(E)“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
    and every tongue shall confess[a] to God.”

12 So then (F)each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:11 Or shall give praise

Judgment Before the Great White Throne

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence (A)earth and sky fled away, and (B)no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (C)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (D)the book of life. And (E)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (F)according to what they had done.

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But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are (A)storing up (B)wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

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16 The Lord has made himself (A)known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[a] Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term

O Lord my God, (A)if I have done this,
    if there is (B)wrong in my hands,
if I have repaid (C)my friend[a] with evil
    or (D)plundered my enemy without cause,
let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
    and let him (E)trample my life to the ground
    and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:4 Hebrew the one at peace with me

22 (A)For the Father judges no one, but (B)has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they (C)honor the Father. (D)Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

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25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, (A)so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

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10 For (A)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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And I heard the angel in charge of the waters[a] say,

(A)“Just are you, (B)O Holy One, (C)who is and who was,
    for you brought these judgments.
For (D)they have shed the blood of (E)saints and prophets,
    and (F)you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

And I heard (G)the altar saying,

“Yes, Lord God the Almighty,
    (H)true and just are your judgments!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 16:5 Greek angel of the waters

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