Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Legal Ethics
- Part II Narrative Ethics
- Part III Prophetic Ethics
- Part IV Wisdom/Poetic Ethics
- 16 Teaching Complex Ethical Thinking with Proverbs
- 17 Divine Justice in the Book of Job
- 18 Justice and Retribution in the Psalms
- Part V Faithful Ethics
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
17 - Divine Justice in the Book of Job
from Part IV - Wisdom/Poetic Ethics
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Legal Ethics
- Part II Narrative Ethics
- Part III Prophetic Ethics
- Part IV Wisdom/Poetic Ethics
- 16 Teaching Complex Ethical Thinking with Proverbs
- 17 Divine Justice in the Book of Job
- 18 Justice and Retribution in the Psalms
- Part V Faithful Ethics
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
Divine justice is a given throughout the Bible. The psalmists celebrate God’s rule over the cosmos, emphasizing that “justice and rectitude” form the firm base of the divine throne (Pss 89:15 [14]; 97:2). This sovereign “loves justice” (33:5; 37:28) and performs it (9:5 [4]; 99:4). God is renowned for the exercise of justice (Deut 32:3–4; Pss 9:17 [16]; 36:7). The world is “firmly established” because God “judges with equity” (Ps 96:10). Indeed, the earth’s stability depends on divine justice (58:2–3), and its foundations are shaken when that justice is lacking (75:3–4 [2–3]).
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