Parallel Verses
NET Bible
May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
New American Standard Bible
For the righteous God
King James Version
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Holman Bible
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.
International Standard Version
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.
A Conservative Version
O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
American Standard Version
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Amplified
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
Bible in Basic English
O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
Darby Translation
Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
Julia Smith Translation
Now shall the evil of the unjust come to an end; and thou wilt direct the just one: for the just God tried hearts and reins.
King James 2000
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.
Modern King James verseion
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins.
New Heart English Bible
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
The Emphasized Bible
Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
Webster
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
World English Bible
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
Themes
God, Righteousness Of » Is part of his character
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
Topics
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 7:9
Images Psalm 7:9
Prayers for Psalm 7:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Justice
8 The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One! 9 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives! 10 The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright.
Cross References
Jeremiah 11:20
So I said to the Lord, "O Lord who rules over all, you are a just judge! You examine people's hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause."
Revelation 2:23
Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.
1 Chronicles 28:9
"And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
Psalm 37:23
The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
Psalm 40:2
He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.
Psalm 139:1
For the music director, a psalm of David. O Lord, you examine me and know.
Jeremiah 17:10
I, the Lord, probe into people's minds. I examine people's hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
Jeremiah 20:12
O Lord who rules over all, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people's hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.
1 Samuel 2:9
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.
Psalm 9:5-6
You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.
Psalm 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.
Psalm 10:18
You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
Psalm 11:5
The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.
Psalm 17:3
You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
Psalm 26:2
Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!
Psalm 44:21
would not God discover it, for he knows one's thoughts?
Psalm 58:6
O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
Psalm 74:10-11
How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
Psalm 74:22-23
Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!
Isaiah 37:36-38
The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
Daniel 11:45
He will pitch his royal tents between the seas toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.
Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,
1 Thessalonians 3:13
so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
1 Peter 5:10
And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Jude 1:1
From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.