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Psalms 9:8

Psalms 9:8 is verse 8 of Psalms chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

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King James Version

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

World English Bible

He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

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Psalms 9:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 50:6

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

Psalms 94:15

Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Psalms 96:13

before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Psalms 98:9

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Psalms 99:4

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Isaiah 11:5

Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

Acts 17:31

For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

Romans 2:5

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 2:6

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

Romans 2:16

on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

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