Righteous people will see this and be afraid; then they will laugh at you and say,

The righteous will be glad when they see sinners punished; they will wade through the blood of the wicked.

People will say, "The righteous are indeed rewarded; there is indeed a God who judges the world."

Good people are glad and the innocent laugh when they see the wicked punished.

Rejoice with Jerusalem; be glad for her, all you that love this city! Rejoice with her now, all you that have mourned for her!

You will enjoy her prosperity, like a child at its mother's breast.

When you see this happen, you will be glad; it will make you strong and healthy. Then you will know that I, the LORD, help those who obey me, and I show my anger against my enemies."

Because God gives him victory, the king will rejoice. Those who make promises in God's name will praise him, but the mouths of liars will be shut.

The wicked see this and are angry; they glare in hate and disappear; their hopes are gone forever.

But not even a dog will bark at the Israelites or their animals. Then you will know that I, the LORD, make a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.' "

But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.

He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.

A good person's words are a fountain of life, but a wicked person's words hide a violent nature.

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.