So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous. "Verily" - literally, only; it is not otherwise than so. 'There is fruit to the righteous: though for a time piety seems fruitless, it is not really so.
Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. In the Hebrew "judgeth" is plural, in contrast to the unjust judges, "the sons of men (Psalms 58:1). God exercises on earth the righteous judgment which they withhold.