Psalms 94:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

For iudgement shal returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall followe after it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־עַד־צֶ֭דֶק יָשׁ֣וּב מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝אַחֲרָ֗יו כָּל־יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב

Transliteration

For unto-ṣedeq yāšûb mišpāṭ wə-ʾaḥărāyw all-yišrê-lēb

Grammar Details

• *kî-ʿad*: conjunction + preposition - for unto
• *ṣedeq*: noun, masculine, singular - righteousness/justice
• *yāšûb*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it will return
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine, singular - judgment/justice
• *wə-ʾaḥărāyw*: conjunction + preposition + 3rd person, masculine, singular pronominal suffix - and after it
• *kol-yišrê-lēb*: noun, masculine, singular, construct + adjective, masculine, plural, construct + noun, masculine, singular - all upright of heart

Word Meanings

• *ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
• *yāšûb*: will return/will turn back
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/verdict
• *yišrê-lēb*: upright of heart/those with honest hearts

Referenced Verses

• Mic 7:9 : 9 I will beare the wrath of the Lord because I haue sinned against him, vntill he pleade my cause, and execute iudgement for me: then will he bring me foorth to the light, and I shall see his righteousnesse.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall you returne, and discerne betweene the righteous and wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.
• Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne. 8 Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for ye comming of the Lord draweth nere. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore. 10 Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, and of long patience, which haue spoken in the Name of the Lord. 11 Beholde, we count them blessed which endure. Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitifull and mercifull.
• 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Dearely beloued, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lorde, as a thousande yeeres, and a thousande yeeres as one day. 9 The Lord of that promes is not slacke (as some men count slackenesse) but is pacient toward vs, and would haue no man to perish, but would all men to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: for if they had bene of vs, they should haue continued with vs. But this cometh to passe, that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs.
• Rev 15:3-4 : 3 And they sung the song of Moses the seruant of God, & the song of the Lambe, saying, Great and marueilous are thy workes, Lord God almightie: iust and true are thy wayes, King of Saints. 4 Who shall not feare thee, O Lord, and glorifie thy Name! for thou onely art holy, and all nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy iudgements are made manifest.
• Deut 32:35-36 : 35 Vengeance and recompence are mine: their foote shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come vpon them, make haste. 36 For the Lorde shall iudge his people, and repent towarde his seruants, when hee seeth that their power is gone, and none shut vp in holde nor left abroad.
• Job 17:9 : 9 But the righteous wil holde his way, & he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.
• Job 23:11-12 : 11 My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined. 12 Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
• Job 35:14 : 14 Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet iudgement is before him: trust thou in him.
• Ps 7:8-9 : 8 The Lorde shall iudge the people: Iudge thou me, O Lorde, according to my righteousnesse, and according to mine innocencie, that is in mee. 9 Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah.
• Ps 37:5-7 : 5 Commit thy way vnto the Lord, & trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe. 6 And he shall bring foorth thy righteousnes as the light, & thy iudgement as the noone day. 7 Waite patiently vpon the Lorde and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.
• Ps 37:34 : 34 Waite thou on the Lorde, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.
• Ps 58:11 : 11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
• Ps 94:2-3 : 2 Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude. 3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
• Ps 97:2 : 2 Cloudes and darkenes are round about him: righteousnesse and iudgement are the foundation of his throne.
• Ps 125:3-5 : 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous, least the righteous put forth their hand vnto wickednes. 4 Doe well, O Lord, vnto those that be good and true in their hearts. 5 But these that turne aside by their crooked wayes, them shal the Lord leade with the workers of iniquitie: but peace shalbe vpon Israel.
• Isa 42:3 : 3 A bruised reede shall hee not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall he not quench: he shall bring foorth iudgement in trueth.