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 - Revised Standard Version Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee; the residue of wrath thou wilt gird upon thee. 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.
Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, 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 dost still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples;
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them.”
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
The nations raged, but thy wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, for rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear thy name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”