² Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.

⁶ And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

³³ The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

²⁵ But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal?

²⁹ But still the children of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, are my ways not equal? are not your ways unequal?

¹⁷ But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.

²⁰ And still you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, I will be your judge, giving to everyone the reward of his ways.

⁶ For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

⁷ And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

⁸ To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

⁹ Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,