but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, 'Vengeance is Mine,

See ye, now, that I -- I am He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,

The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

A God zealous and avenging is Jehovah, An avenger is Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger is Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.

since it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,

and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,

and I heard the messenger of the waters, saying, 'righteous, O Lord, art Thou, who art, and who wast, and who shalt be, because these things Thou didst judge,

'Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'

I speak

In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness -- to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness -- to sanctification,

According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

Brethren, as a man I say it, even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

General references

For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments.

For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.