Psalms 96:10
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”
Tag: God Judges in Equity!!
Note what the Understanding the Bible Commentary says about Psalm 96:
“Psalm 96 thus helps us to see that faith must live in all three tenses: Yahweh established creation order from the beginning, he intervenes with salvation in the present, and he will restore order by “judging” the world in righteousness in the future.”
No one will get away with “inequity” with God on the throne. In this section of the Psalms we see the writers often crying out about their suffering. Some are suffering because of their own mistakes and bad choices, but others are suffering because of the wickedness and evil people around them. Either suffering hurts and is difficult to bear up under. In this Psalm we read that God made the heavens and will judge all mankind in “equity.” The Hebrew word for “equity” means, according to Vine:
“mêšâr; from 3474; evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially): — agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).”
I love the word “sweetly” in the definition. We don’t typically associate “sweetly” with “judgment.” However, God will judge out of love and all those who refuse to accept His Son, will suffer judgement. That judgement will be out of God character and His character is love. We may not understand that, but God will judge without sin in His life. We judge others but we are sinful and have no way to really make judgements about others. We, too, have sinned. But, God will judge in “equity.” That is why He had to send His Son. He had to have a sacrifice and someone HAD do pay the price for sin. God does not overlook our sin. He judges it and His Son took the penalty. Those who reject that gift will also be judged. They might seem at ease (see Psalms 73) but they WILL be judged ... sweetly!!
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