Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.
Psalm 76:10 - New Revised Standard Version Human wrath serves only to praise you, when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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? |
Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.
You set a boundary that they may 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 are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
You silence the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
Rise up, O God, judge the earth; for all the nations belong to you!
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from 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; 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 one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
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 your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints and all who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”