32:4 As for the Rock, 3 his work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.
He is a reliable God who is never unjust,
he is fair 4 and upright.
3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates 5 the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? 6 (I am speaking in human terms.) 7 3:6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?
9:14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
1 tn Or “ruler.”
2 sn Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right? For discussion of this text see J. L. Crenshaw, “Popular Questioning of the Justice of God in Ancient Israel,” ZAW 82 (1970): 380-95, and C. S. Rodd, “Shall Not the Judge of All the Earth Do What Is Just?” ExpTim 83 (1972): 137-39.
3 tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”
4 tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).
5 tn Or “shows clearly.”
6 tn Grk “That God is not unjust to inflict wrath, is he?”
7 sn The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.