of God’: it presupposed the covenant relationship made with man at God’s initiative; God was righteous when he met the demands of that covenant relationship.7 Hence the (to me) surprising talk (particularly in Second Isaiah and the Psalms) of God’s righteousness as denoting his saving action towards his people, his redemption and vindication even of an erring people.8 Hence also the realisation that the righteousness of God could include the thought of God’s faithfulness to his covenant promises
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