God’s Righteous Judgment (Psalm 75:1–10)
1 ULT Therefore, you are without excuse, O man— everyone judging— for in that which you judge the other you condemn yourself; for you, the one judging practice the same things. BSB BSB: You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
2 ULT Now we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against the ones practicing such things. BSB BSB: And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
3 ULT But do you think this, O man, the one judging the ones practicing such things and you are doing the same things, that you will escape from the judgment of God? BSB BSB: So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
4 ULT Or do you scorn the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? BSB BSB: Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
5 ULT But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, BSB BSB: 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.
7 ULT Indeed, eternal life to the ones, according to endurance of good work, seeking glory and honor and incorruptibility, BSB BSB: To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
8 ULT but to the ones from selfish ambition indeed being disobedient to the truth and becoming obedient to unrighteousness, wrath and anger. BSB BSB: But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
9 ULT Tribulation and distress{ will be} on every soul of man that produces the evil, both to the Jew first and to the Greek. BSB BSB: There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
10 ULT But glory and honor and peace will be to everyone working the good, both to the Jew first and to the Greek. BSB BSB: but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
11 ULT For there is no favoritism with God. BSB BSB: For God does not show favoritism.
12 ULT For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and as many as have sinned with the law will be judged by the law. BSB BSB: All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
13 ULT For the hearers of the law{ are} not righteous with God, but the doers of the law will be justified. BSB BSB: For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
14 ULT For when Gentiles, the ones not having the law, do by nature the things of the law, they, not having the law, are a law to themselves, BSB BSB: Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 ULT who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness, the thoughts between themselves both accusing or even defending them BSB BSB: So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them
16 ULT on the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, through Christ Jesus. BSB BSB: on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
The Jews and the Law 17 ULT But if you name yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast in God, BSB BSB: Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
18 ULT and know his will and approve of the things that are excellent, being instructed from the law; BSB BSB: if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
19 ULT and you have become confident that you are a guide to blind men, a light to the ones in darkness, BSB BSB: if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
20 ULT an instructor of foolish men, a teacher of little children, having in the law the form of the knowledge and of the truth, BSB BSB: an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
21 ULT then you, the one teaching another, do you not teach yourself? You, the one preaching not to steal, do you steal? BSB BSB: you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
22 ULT You, the one saying not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You, the one abhorring idols, do you rob temples? BSB BSB: You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
23 ULT You, who boast in the law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the law? BSB BSB: You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
24 ULT For“the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written. BSB BSB: As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
25 ULT For circumcision indeed benefits if you practice the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. BSB BSB: Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26 ULT If, then, the uncircumcision keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered as circumcision? BSB BSB: If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
27 ULT And the uncircumcision by nature, fulfilling the law, will judge you who{ are}, through letter and circumcision, a transgressor of the law! BSB BSB: The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
28 ULT For he is not a Jew who{ is} one visibly, neither is this circumcision visible in the flesh, BSB BSB: A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
29 ULT but the Jew in secret{ is}, and circumcision{ is} of the heart in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose the praise{ is} not from men but from God. BSB BSB: No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.
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