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Psalms 11:7

For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

In Context

6He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind [is] the portion of their cup.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:12For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

Psalms 7:11God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

Psalms 21:6For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

Psalms 33:18Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,

Psalms 37:28For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

Psalms 45:7Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 11:5-7

4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord 's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. The shaking of a tree (they say) makes it take the deeper and faster root. The attempt of… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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