But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

‘See now that I, I am He,

And there is no god besides Me;

It is I who put to death and give life.

I have wounded and it is I who heal,

And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

O Lord, God of

vengeance,

God of vengeance,

shine forth!

A jealous and avenging God is the Lord;
The Lord is avenging and wrathful.
The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and marvelous are Your works,

O Lord God, the Almighty;

Righteous and true are Your ways,

King of the nations!

And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous are You, who are and who were, O Holy One, because You judged these things;

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”

I speak

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.

I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things?

Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.

General references

“Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Tsadhe.

Righteous are You, O Lord,

And upright are Your judgments.

For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.