“Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.”
The coming judge: "before the LORD, for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth." The eschatological coming of God as judge becomes the ultimate purpose of history. The repetition of "for he is coming" emphasizes inevitability.
Church Fathers on Psalms 96:13
1. My lord and brother Severus still defers the pleasure we shall feel in his discourse, which he owes us; for he acknowledges, that he is held a debtor. For all the Churches through which he has passed, by his tongue the lord has gladdened: much more therefore ought that Church to be rejoiced, out of which the Lord has propagated his preaching among the rest. But what shall we do, but obey his will? I said, however, brethren, that he deferred, not that he defrauded us.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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