As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
Psalm 76:10 - English Standard Version 2016 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; the remainder of wrath shall You restrain and gird and arm Yourself with it. American Standard Version (1901) Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee. Common English Bible Even human rage will turn to your praise when you dress yourself with whatever remains of your wrath. Catholic Public Domain Version And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or will God forget to shew mercy? or will he in his anger shut up his mercies? |
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,
Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people.”
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”