For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
"As for you, you meantevilagainstme, [but] Godmeantit for goodin orderto bringaboutthispresentresult, to preservemanypeoplealive.
You seta boundarythat they may not passover,So that they will not returnto coverthe earth.
The wordsof the LORDare purewords;As silvertriedin a furnaceon the earth,refinedseventimes.
The nationsmadean uproar,the kingdomstottered;He raisedHis voice,the earthmelted.
Who stillsthe roaringof the seas,The roaringof their waves,And the tumultof the peoples.
Arise,O God,judgethe earth!For it is You who possessesallthe nations.
"NowI knowthat the LORDis greaterthanallthe gods;indeed,it was provenwhenthey dealtproudlyagainstthe people."
But with righteousnessHe will judgethe poor,And decidewith fairnessfor the afflictedof the earth;And He will strikethe earthwith the rodof His mouth,And with the breathof His lipsHe will slaythe wicked.
"Unlessthosedayshad been cutshort,nolifewould have been saved;but for the sakeof the electthosedayswill be cut short.
Pilateanswered,"WhatI have writtenI have written."
For the Scripturesaysto Pharaoh,"FOR THISVERYPURPOSE I RAISEDYOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATEMY POWERIN YOU, AND THAT MY NAMEMIGHT BE PROCLAIMEDTHROUGHOUTTHE WHOLEEARTH."
"And the nationswere enraged,and Your wrathcame,and the time[came] for the deadto be judged,and [the time] to rewardYour bond-servantsthe prophetsand the saintsand thosewho fearYour name,the smalland the great,and to destroythosewho destroythe earth."
