“Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.”
The community meets YHWH when doing righteousness and remembering YHWH's ways, suggesting that encounter is enabled by faithfulness. The paradoxical statement that though YHWH was angry because they sinned in ancient ways, yet YHWH will save them, indicates that divine wrath does not preclude salvation. The continued transgression despite wrath indicates stubborn sinfulness. The final appeal for salvation assumes that YHWH will reverse judgment through mercy. This verse balances judgment and grace: the community's failure and YHWH's wrath are real, yet salvation remains possible.
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