Nehemiah 9:33

But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:

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In The King James Version

Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

In Context

32And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.

34And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

Leviticus 26:40And they will have grief for their sins and for the sins of their fathers, when their hearts were untrue to me, and they went against me;

Nehemiah 9:8You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:

Job 34:23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

Psalms 119:137TZADE O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.

Jeremiah 12:1You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:5-38

The Prayer of the Levites. ( b. c. 444.) 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made… Read the whole commentary →

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