1 A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; The God of vengeance has declared himself. 2 Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: Render a reward to the proud. 3 How long shall sinners, O Lord, How long shall sinners boast? 4 They will utter and speak unrighteousness; All the workers of iniquity will speak [so]. 5 They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, And hurt thy heritage. 6 They have slain the widow and fatherless, And murdered the stranger. 7 And they said, The Lord shall not see, Neither shall the God of Jacob understand. 8 Understand now, ye simple among the people; And ye fools, at length be wise. 9 He that planted the ear, does he not hear? Or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive? 10 He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [Even] he that teaches man knowledge? 11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain. 12 Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, And shalt teach him out of thy law; 13 To give him rest from evil days, Until a pit be dug for the sinful one. 14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance; 15 Until righteousness return to judgment, And all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause. 16 Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? Or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity? 17 If the Lord had not helped me, My soul had almost sojourned in Hades. 18 If I said, My foot has been moved; 19 Thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Thy consolations have soothed my soul. 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, Which frames mischief by an ordinance? 21 They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood. 22 But the Lord was my refuge; And my God the helper of my hope. 23 And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: The Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
Psalms · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Psalm 93 (94) Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXXUP.
- 1 Isaiah 35:4; Nahum 1:2; Hebrews 10:30; Deuteronomy 32:35; Romans 12:19
- 2 Psalm 7:6; Psalm 31:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10; John 5:22–23; Genesis 18:25
- 3 Revelation 6:10; Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 20:5; Psalm 43:2; Psalm 80:4
- 4 Psalm 31:18; Psalm 52:1; Daniel 7:25; Job 21:14–15; Exodus 15:9–10
- 5 Isaiah 3:15; Psalm 79:2–3; Jeremiah 50:11; Psalm 7:2; Revelation 11:3
- 6 Isaiah 10:2; Ezekiel 22:7; Jeremiah 7:6; Malachi 3:5; Isaiah 13:15–18
- 7 Luke 18:3–4; Psalm 10:11–13; Isaiah 29:15; Ezekiel 8:12; Job 22:12–13
- 8 Psalm 92:6; Titus 3:3; Psalm 49:10; Isaiah 27:11; Romans 3:11
- 9 Exodus 4:11; Jeremiah 23:23–24; Proverbs 20:12; Psalm 11:4; Psalm 44:21
- 10 Job 35:11; Isaiah 28:26; Jeremiah 10:25; John 6:45; Isaiah 2:3
- 11 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 1:19; Romans 1:21–22; Job 11:11–12; 1 Corinthians 1:25
- 12 Proverbs 3:11–12; Job 5:17; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:5–11; Revelation 3:19
- 13 Psalm 55:23; 2 Peter 2:9; Psalm 9:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8; Revelation 14:13
- 14 1 Samuel 12:22; Romans 11:1–2; Psalm 37:28; Deuteronomy 32:9; John 10:27–31
- 15 Micah 7:9; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 97:2; Malachi 3:18; Psalm 125:3–5
- 16 Judges 5:23; John 7:50–51; 3 John 8; Jeremiah 5:1; Psalm 59:2
- 17 Psalm 124:1–2; Psalm 31:17; 2 Timothy 4:16–17; Psalm 118:13; Psalm 115:17
- 18 Psalm 121:3; Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 119:116–117; Psalm 37:23–24; Psalm 38:16
- 19 Psalm 61:2; 2 Corinthians 1:4–5; Psalm 77:2–10; Romans 5:2–5; Psalm 63:5–6
- 20 Isaiah 10:1; Psalm 58:2; Revelation 13:15–17; Ecclesiastes 3:16; John 11:57
- 21 Matthew 27:1; Proverbs 17:15; Exodus 23:7; Psalm 59:3; Revelation 17:6
- 22 Psalm 18:2; Psalm 27:1–3; Psalm 59:9; Psalm 62:6; Psalm 59:16–17
- 23 Psalm 7:16; Proverbs 14:32; Proverbs 2:22; Proverbs 5:22; Psalm 55:23
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 94.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
It is entitled, "The Song of praise of David himself, on the day before the Sabbath, when the earth was founded." Remembering then what God did through all those days, when He made and ordained all things, from the first up to the sixth day (for the seventh He sanctified, because He rested on that day after all the works, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But behold, Thou wert close behind Thy fugitives--at once God of vengeance and Fountain of mercies, who turnest us to Thyself by wondrous means.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins and hearts, and knoweth the thoughts of men.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?" Now the word "who" in this passage does not mean absolute impossibility, but rarity, as in the passage "Who will rise up for me against the evil doers?" and "What man is he that desireth life?" and "Who shall ascend into the hill of the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… faith in this fleeting course of time, and sojourns as a stranger in the midst of the ungodly, or as it shall dwell in the fixed stability of its eternal seat, which it now with patience waits for, expecting until "righteousness shall return unto judgment," and it obtain, by virtue of its excellence, final victory and perfect peace.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)