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Psalms 94:15

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

KJV

For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

ASV

כִּֽי עַד צֶ֭דֶק יָשׁ֣וּב מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝/אַחֲרָ֗י/ו כָּל יִשְׁרֵי לֵֽב

Hebrew

For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

YLT

For judgement will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 717×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 422×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Preface, Explaining His Design in Undertaking This Work. The glorious city of God2828 [Augustin uses the term civitas Dei (πόλις θεοῦ) of the church universal as a commonwealth and community founded and governed by God. It is applied in the Bible to Jerusalem or the church of the Old Covenant (Ps. xl. 6, 4; xlviii. 1, 8; lxxxvii. 3), and to the heavenly Jerusalem or the church …

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:19 — They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us
  • 2Pet 3:8 — But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Isa 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
  • Jas 5:7 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter ra
  • Job 23:11 — My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
  • Job 35:14 — Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
  • Mal 3:18 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
  • Mic 7:9 — I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousn
  • Phil 3:12 — Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
  • Ps 7:8 — The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
  • Ps 7:11 — God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
  • Ps 9:16 — The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  • Ps 37:34 — Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
  • Ps 58:11 — So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
  • Ps 94:2 — Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
  • Ps 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
  • Ps 125:3 — For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
  • Ps 125:4 — Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
  • Rev 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.