“"Be exalted, you who judge the earth." You judge the earth, because heaven does not deserve to be judged. Listen, heretic, to how the Lord judges the earth. If there is a fall in heaven, why is there not also a judgment in heaven? If souls sinned in heaven, why is the earth alone judged? "Render their recompense to th…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 71, on Psalm 93 (Alternate Series)
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2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
— Psalms 94:2 —
3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?