Psalm 11:7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright. "Righteousness may be taken as. but another word for rightness, equity, justice, the being and rendering what is right. Here it describes God. It is the quality which binds and blends into a perfect unity all His Divine perfections. We feel instinctively that righteousness is essential to Divine perfection. Show how this statement that God is a righteous God bears on matters of faith and practice. God, because He is the righteous Lord, loveth righteousness. 1. This will explain a peculiarity in the redemption accomplished for us through the atoning death of Christ. The problem to be solved was, how can the love of God be manifested, and righteousness be at the same time upheld in all the majesty of its eternal rectitude? 2. There is much which is mysterious, perplexing, and inexplicable in God's providential dealings. But throw on all these mysterious providences the light of this statement, that "the Lord is righteous and loveth righteousness," and you calm the troubled spirit to patience and submission. Then with entire trustfulness you would leave yourselves in God's hands. In the conviction of His righteousness, let us face the problems and perplexities which confront us in the world. Now see how this statement bears on all the business of life between man and man. "His countenance doth behold the upright": beholds them, that is, with special favour and approval, because He sees reflected in them, however imperfectly, the lineaments of His own Divine image. (R. Allen, M. A.). Parallel Verses KJV: For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. |
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