the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Psalms 7:9
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.
Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; and You will establish the just; for the righteous God is a trier of hearts and reins.
Stop those who do evil. Support those who do good. God, you are fair. You know what people are thinking.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the righteous; Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Oh let the wickednes of the wicked come to an end, but establish the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.
Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but manteyne the iust,
Close the book on Evil, God , but publish your mandate for us. You get us ready for life: you probe for our soft spots, you knock off our rough edges. And I'm feeling so fit, so safe: made right, kept right. God in solemn honor does things right, but his nerves are sandpapered raw. Nobody gets by with anything. God is already in action— Sword honed on his whetstone, bow strung, arrow on the string, Lethal weapons in hand, each arrow a flaming missile. Look at that guy! He had sex with sin, he's pregnant with evil. Oh, look! He's having the baby—a Lie-Baby! See that man shoveling day after day, digging, then concealing, his man-trap down that lonely stretch of road? Go back and look again—you'll see him in it headfirst, legs waving in the breeze. That's what happens: mischief backfires; violence boomerangs. I'm thanking God, who makes things right. I'm singing the fame of heaven-high God .
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but you establish the righteous: For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
You know every heart and mind, and you always do right. Now make violent people stop, but protect all of us who obey you.
Adonai , who dispenses judgment to the peoples, judge me, Adonai , according to my righteousness and as my integrity deserves.
Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.
Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; and establish thou the righteous, O thou searcher of hearts and souls.
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You]; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the righteous; Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
O LORD, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
End the evil of those who are wicked, and defend the righteous. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.
Let the sins of the sinful stop. But build up those who are right with You. For the God Who is right and good tests both the hearts and the minds.
Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.
Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
(7-10) The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Please let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God puts hearts and minds to the test.
God, you do what is right. You know our thoughts and feelings. Stop those wicked actions done by evil people, and help those who do what is right.
You are a righteous God and judge our thoughts and desires. Stop the wickedness of evildoers and reward those who are good.
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. The One who examines the thoughts and emotions is a righteous God.
The wickidnesse of synneris be endid; and thou, God, sekyng the hertis and reynes, schalt dresse a iust man.
Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Oh: Psalms 9:5, Psalms 9:6, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 10:18, Psalms 58:6, Psalms 74:10, Psalms 74:11, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 74:23, Isaiah 37:36-38, Daniel 11:45, Acts 12:23
but: Psalms 37:23, *marg. Psalms 40:2, 1 Samuel 2:9, Romans 16:25, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 1 Peter 5:10, Jude 1:1
for: Psalms 17:3, Psalms 44:21, Psalms 139:1, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12, Revelation 2:23
Reciprocal: Judges 7:4 - I will Judges 11:27 - be judge 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge 1 Samuel 26:23 - render 2 Samuel 18:19 - avenged him 1 Chronicles 29:17 - triest the heart Job 10:7 - Thou knowest Job 31:6 - Let me be weighed in an even balance Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 11:5 - trieth Psalms 26:2 - General Psalms 31:1 - deliver Psalms 59:13 - Consume Psalms 94:15 - But Proverbs 15:11 - the hearts Proverbs 24:12 - doth not he that Ezekiel 11:5 - for Ezekiel 21:25 - whose Luke 16:15 - God John 21:17 - thou knowest that Acts 1:24 - Lord Romans 8:27 - And he 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - but God Hebrews 4:13 - is there
Cross-References
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord .
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord .
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,.... Which will not be till the measure of it is fully up, and that will not be till the wicked are no more; for, as long as they are in the world they will be committing wickedness, and like the troubled sea continually cast up the mire and dirt of sin; and they will remain to the end of the world, till the new Jerusalem church state shall take place, when all the Lord's people will be righteous, and there will not be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts, nor a pricking brier or grieving thorn in all the land; for, in the new earth will no sinner be, but righteous persons only; and for this state the psalmist may be thought to pray; however by this petition and the following he expresses his hatred of sin and love of righteousness: some choose to render the words c, "let wickedness now consume the wicked"; as in the issue it will, unless the grace of God takes place; some sins consume the bodies, others the estates of wicked men, and some both; and all are the means of destroying both body and soul in hell, if grace prevent not; this may be considered as a declaration of what will be, being a prophetic petition d;
but establish the just; or righteous one; meaning himself, and every other who is made righteous, not by his own righteousness, but by the righteousness of Christ imputed to him; and who needs not to have his righteousness established, which is in itself stable, firm, and sure, and cannot be more so; it is an everlasting one, and cannot be abolished, but abides for ever, and will answer for him in a time to come; but his faith to be established more and more in its exercise on this righteousness: nor do the persons of the just need establishing, or can they be more stable than they are, as considered in Christ, as they are the objects of God's everlasting love, secured in the covenant of grace, and built on Christ the foundation; but the graces of faith, hope, and love, need daily establishing on their proper object, they being weak, fickle, and inconstant in their acts; and the saints need more and more establishing in the doctrines of the Gospel, and in their adherence to the cause of God and Christ and true religion; and it is God's work to establish them, to whom the psalmist applies; see 1 Peter 5:10;
for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins; he is righteous himself in his nature, and in all his works, and he knows who are righteous and who are wicked; he knows the hearts, thoughts, affections, and inward principles of all men, and the springs of all their actions; he looks not at outward appearances, but at the heart; and as he can distinguish between the one and the other, he is capable of punishing the wicked and of confirming the righteous, consistent with the truth of his perfections.
c יגמור נא רע רשעים "consumat nunc vel quaeso malum impios", Muscuius, Vatablus, so Jarchi, Kimchi, Ben Melech. d "Consumat nunc malum impios", Pagninus, Montanus, Hammond so Obadiah Gaon.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to and end - Of all the wicked; wickedness not in this particular case only, but wickedness of all forms, and in all lands. The prayer here is a natural one; when a man becomes impressed with a sense of the evil of sin in one form, he wishes that the world may be delivered from it in all forms and altogether.
But establish the just - The righteous. This stands in contrast with his desire in regard to the wicked. He prays that the righteous may be confirmed in their integrity, and that their plans may succeed. This prayer is as universal as the former, and is, in fact, a prayer that the world may come under the dominion of the principles of truth and holiness.
For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins - That is, the hearts and reins of all people. He understands the character of all people; he is intimately acquainted with all their thoughts, and purposes, and feelings. To search or try “the heart and the reins” is an expression frequently used in the Bible to denote that God is intimately acquainted with all the thoughts and feelings of people; that is, that he thoroughly understands the character of all people. The word “heart” in the Scriptures is often used to denote the seat of the “thoughts;” and the word “reins” seems to be used to denote the most secret feelings, purposes, and devices of the soul - as if lodged deep in our nature, or covered in the most hidden and concealed portions of the man. The word “reins,” with us, denotes the kidneys. In the Scriptures the word seems to be used, in a general sense, to denote the inward parts, as the seat of the affections and passions.
The Hebrew word כליה kilyâh, means the same as the word “reins” with us - the kidneys, Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22; Job 16:13; Isaiah 34:6; Deuteronomy 32:14. From some cause, the Hebrews seem to have regarded the “reins” as the seat of the affections and passions, though perhaps only in the sense that they thus spoke of the “inward” parts, and meant to denote the deepest purposes of the soul - as if utterly concealed from the eye. These deep thoughts and feelings, so unknown to other people, are all known intimately to God, and thus the character of every man is clearly understood by him, and he can judge every man aright. The phrase used here - of trying the hearts and reins - is one that is often employed to describe the Omniscience of God. Compare Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 20:12; Psalms 26:2; Psalms 139:13; Revelation 2:23. The particular idea here is, that as God searches the hearts of all people, and understands the secret purposes of the soul, he is able to judge aright, and to determine correctly in regard to their character, or to administer his government on the principles of exact justice. Such is the ground of the prayer in this case, that God, who knew the character of all people, would confirm those who are truly righteous, and would bring the wickedness of the ungodly to an end.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 7:9. The wickedness of the wicked — The iniquity of Saul's conduct.
But establish the just — Show the people my uprightness.
