Lord, God of Israel, you are good! And you still have let some of us live. Yes, we are guilty! And because of our guilt, not one of us should be allowed to stand in front of you.
Psalm 119:137 - Easy To Read Version Lord, you are good.\par And your laws are fair.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Righteous art thou, O LORD, And upright are thy judgments. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments and all expressions of Your will. American Standard Version (1901) Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments. Common English Bible LORD, you are righteous, and your rules are right. |
Lord, God of Israel, you are good! And you still have let some of us live. Yes, we are guilty! And because of our guilt, not one of us should be allowed to stand in front of you.
But God, you were right\par about everything that happens to us.\par You were right.\par And we were wrong.\par
The Lord is fair.\par God brings justice to people\par that have been hurt by other people.\par
Everything the Lord does is good.\par Everything he does shows how good he is.\par
The Powerful King loves justice.\par God, you made goodness.\par You brought goodness and fairness\par to Jacob (Israel).\par
Lord, if I argue with you,\par you are always right!\par But I want to ask you about some things that don’t seem right.\par Why are wicked people successful?\par Why do people you can’t trust have such easy lives?\par
The Lord kept the terrible things ready for us—and he made those things happen to us. The Lord did this because he is fair in everything he does. But we still have not listened to him.
“Lord, you are good, and goodness belongs to you! But shame belongs to us today. Shame belongs to the people from Judah and Jerusalem. Shame belongs to all the people of Israel—to the people that are near, and to the people that are far away. Lord, you scattered those people among many nations. And the people of Israel in all those nations should be ashamed. They should be ashamed of all the bad things they did against you, Lord.
But you people are hard and stubborn. You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will get that punishment on the day when God will show his anger. On that day people will see God’s right judgments.
So what should we say about this? Is God not fair? We cannot say that.
“The Rock (the Lord)—his work is perfect! Why? Because all his ways are right! God is true and faithful. He is good and honest.
His judgments are true and right.\par Our God has punished the prostitute. {\cf2\super [144]} \par She is the one who made the earth evil\par with her sexual sin.\par God has punished the prostitute\par to pay her for the blood (death)\par of his servants.”\par