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Psalms 11:7
7For the righteous Lord loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.
Psalms 11:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
Context of Psalms 11:7
5The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence. 6He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds. For the righteous Lord loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.
Read all of Psalms 11Psalms 11:7 word by word
כִּֽי־צַדִּ֣יק יְ֭הוָה צְדָק֣וֹת אָהֵ֑ב יָ֝שָׁ֗ר יֶחֱז֥וּ פָנֵֽימוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 11:7
- Psalms 45:7You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.
- Psalms 99:4Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.
- Psalms 146:8The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly.
- Isaiah 61:8“For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Psalms 5:12For you bless the godly, O Lord; you surround them with your shield of love.
- Psalms 21:6You have endowed him with eternal blessings and given him the joy of your presence.
- Psalms 33:18But the Lord watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.
- Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help.
- Psalms 42:5Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and
- Job 36:7He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.
- 1 Peter 3:12The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are open to their prayers. But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil.”
Commentaries on Psalms 11:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The righteous Lord loveth righteousness - He loves that which resembles himself. His countenance - his face - is ever open and unclouded to the upright. They always enjoy his salvation, and know that he is pleased with them. The preceding verse my old MS. translates and paraphrases thus: - He sal rayne on synful, snares, fyre, brimstane, and gost of stormis. Par - He Sal rayne on synful in this werld, snares, that es wiked Lare: fyre is covatyse…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness - This would be more correctly rendered, “For Jehovah is righteous; he loves righteousness.” The idea is, that God is himself righteous, and, consequently, he loves those who are righteous. He may be confided in, therefore, by the righteous as their friend, and being under his protection they have nothing to fear. His countenance doth behold the upright - The word rendered “countenance” is, in the Hebrew, in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The godly are assured of the Lord’s favorable presence when they see his face (see Psalm 23:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. his countenance--literally, "their faces," a use of the plural applied to God, as in Ge 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Is 6:8, &c., denoting the fulness of His perfections, or more probably originating in a reference to the trinity of persons. "Faces" is used as "eyes" (Psa 11:4), expressing here God's complacency towards the upright (compare Psa 34:15, 16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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