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Psalms 11:7
7For Adonai is righteous—He loves justice. The upright 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
5Adonai examines the righteous. But the wicked and one loving violence His soul hates. 6On the wicked He will rain down fire, brimstone and scorching wind as the portion of their cup! For Adonai is righteous—He loves justice. The upright 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 45:7Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a scepter of justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Psalms 99:4The might of a king loves justice. You have established fairness. You executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Psalms 146:8Adonai opens the eyes of the blind. Adonai raises up those who are bowed down. Adonai loves the righteous.
- Isaiah 61:8For I, Adonai, love justice. I hate robbery in the burnt offering. In faithfulness I will reward My people and cut an eternal covenant with them.
- Psalms 5:12But let all who take refuge in You rejoice! Let them always shout for joy! You will shelter them and they exult— those who love Your Name.
- Psalms 21:6His glory is great through Your salvation. Honor and majesty You bestow on him.
- Psalms 33:18Behold, the eyes of Adonai are on those who fear Him, waiting for His love,
- Psalms 34:15Depart from evil and do good. Seek shalom and pursue it.
- Psalms 42:5These things I remember as I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng, walking with them to the House of God, with a voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a festival.
- Job 36:7He does not take His eyes from the righteous, but enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of Adonai are on the righteous and His ears open to their prayer, but the face of Adonai is 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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