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Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
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A Prayer for God to Act
Commentators explain that the phrase "Lift up thyself" is a powerful and urgent plea for God to act. It's like asking a king to rise from his throne to pronounce judgment or a warrior to rise up to strike a decisive blow. When evil seems to triumph, believers can cry out for God to make His presence and justice known in a tangible way.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lift up yourself - Be exalted or lifted up so as to be manifest in your true character. The idea is that God was, as it were, sitting at His…
19th Century
Anglican
Lift up thyself — that is, either be exalted, or rise to give sentence.
Baptist
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? How…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lift up yourself, you, O Judge of the earth A title very proper to Christ, and which is given him by Abraham, ([Refe…
We may boldly appeal to God, for He is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong to bear it silentl…
