<p>10:30 <em>For we know Him that said: Vengeance belongs to Me, I will reward. And again: The Lord shall judge His people</em>- Judgment and punishment for sin have been dealt with for all those who are in Christ, as Paul has argued in this section and also in Romans 1-8. Those who now turned away from all this would therefore have to face judgment.</p><p>David asks God to judge him <em>now </em>(Ps. 26:1; 35:24; 43:1; 54:1). He wasn't <em>so </em>afraid of the future judgment; He knew that it will only be the pronouncement of how we have now lived. He had a good conscience, and so He asked God to show how He felt about him right now. &quot;The Lord shall judge the people at the last day; this is quoted in this connection in Heb. 10:30: judge me i.e. now, O Lord, according to my righteousness&quot; (Ps. 7:8).</p>