It is joy to the just to do judgment: But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God), but to the evildoers it is dismay, calamity, and ruin.
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Acting justly is a joy to the righteous, but dreaded by those who do evil.
It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity.
It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.