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Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
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God's Righteousness is Our Hope
The declaration "The Lord is righteous" is presented by commentators as a foundational statement of faith and comfort. This righteousness means God is faithful to His promises, merciful to His people, and just in delivering them from oppression. When facing hardship, believers can anchor their trust in the unchanging, righteous character of God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord is righteous - Righteous in permitting this; righteous in what he has done, and will do, in the treatment of those who inf…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord is righteous.—This expression of faith, introduced without an…
Baptist
The Lord is righteous. There is our hope and comfort. He takes away from them the scourge, and cuts up the cords of which it is made; and …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord [is] righteous
Or gracious and merciful; hence acts of mercy are called righteousness in the Hebrew langu…
The enemies of God's people have very barbarously endeavored to wear out the saints of the Most High. But the church has always been graciously del…
