Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who live in it.
Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing together for joy
at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Past, present, future are the tenses of English and the worldview of most English-speakers.
Ancient Hebrew is organized around whether the action is completed or not.
"For he is coming..." is nicely coherent with the Biblical worldview. It is a continuous action, unfolding until completed.
Psalm 89
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