"For He paysa manaccording to his work,And makes him findit according to his way.
Then he will prayto God,and He will accepthim, That he may seeHis facewith joy,And He may restoreHis righteousnessto man.
"ThereforeHe knowstheir works,And He overthrows[them] in the night,And they are crushed.
And lovingkindnessis Yours, O Lord,For You recompensea manaccording to his work.
"So they shall eatof the fruitof their own wayAnd be satiatedwith their own devices.
A manwill be satisfiedwith goodby the fruitof his words,And the deedsof a man'shandswill returnto him.
Ifyou say,"See,we did not knowthis,"Does He not consider[it] who weighsthe hearts?And does He not know[it] who keepsyour soul?And will He not renderto manaccording to his work?
Accordingto [their] deeds,soHe will repay,Wrathto His adversaries,recompenseto His enemies;To the coastlandsHe will makerecompense.
"I, the LORD,searchthe heart,I testthe mind,Even to giveto eachmanaccording to his ways,According to the resultsof his deeds.
greatin counseland mightyin deed,whoseeyesare opento allthe waysof the sonsof men,givingto everyoneaccording to his waysand according to the fruitof his deeds;
he lends[money] on interestand takesincrease;will he live?He will not live!He has committedalltheseabominations,he will surelybe putto death;his bloodwill be on his own head.
"For the Sonof Manis goingto comein the gloryof His Fatherwith His angels,and WILL THENREPAYEVERY MANACCORDINGTO HIS DEEDS.
whoWILL RENDERTO EACH PERSONACCORDINGTO HIS DEEDS:
For we mustallappearbeforethe judgment seatof Christ,sothat each onemay be recompensedfor his deeds in the body,accordingto whathe has done,whethergoodorbad.
Ifyou addressas Fatherthe One who impartiallyjudgesaccordingto each one'swork,conductyourselves in fearduring the timeof your stay[on earth];
"Behold,I am comingquickly,and My reward[is] with Me, to renderto every manaccordingto what he has done.
"The LORDwill repayeachman[for] his righteousnessand his faithfulness;for the LORDdeliveredyou into [my] handtoday,but I refusedto stretchout my handagainst the LORD'Sanointed.