Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
The stanza belongs to a psalm that exalts divine law. It affirms that the Lord himself is righteous and that his judgments are upright. That law is a trustworthy rule for life, whose principles define righteousness and distinguish right from wrong and truth from error.
That righteousness and uprightness of judgment are shown in his arising to punish the bold and defiant wickedness of the world against his holy law. His forbearance has been very great in bearing long with continual insult to his commandments and with men changing the laws he gave to govern them, while still giving continual light to the obedient. His long-suffering lays constraint upon his own attributes by an omnipotence exerted over himself. He will certainly interfere and arise to punish, because changing his laws has made life intolerable through cruelty.
The stanza belongs to a psalm that exalts divine law. It affirms that the Lord himself is righteous and that his judgments are upright. That law is a trustworthy rule for life, whose principles define righteousness and distinguish right from wrong and truth from error.
That righteousness and uprightness of judgment are shown in his arising to punish the bold and defiant wickedness of the world against his holy law. His forbearance has been very great in bearing long with continual insult to his commandments and with men changing the laws he gave to govern them, while still giving continual light to the obedient. His long-suffering lays constraint upon his own attributes by an omnipotence exerted over himself. He will certainly interfere and arise to punish, because changing his laws has made life intolerable through cruelty.