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For who will say, "What hast thou done?" Or will resist thy judgment? Who will accuse thee for the destruction of nations which thou didst make? Or who will come before thee to plead as an advocate for unrighteous men?
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For neither is there any god besides thee, whose care is for all men, to whom thou shouldst prove that thou hast not judged unjustly;
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nor can any king or monarch confront thee about those whom thou hast punished.
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Thou art righteous and rulest all things righteously, deeming it alien to thy power to condemn him who does not deserve to be punished.
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For thy strength is the source of righteousness, and thy sovereignty over all causes thee to spare all.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.