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Psalm 94 Berean Standard Bible

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Notes on this text (1)

1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth. 2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud. 3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? 4 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast. 5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. 6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. 7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.” 8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise? 9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see? 10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge? 11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. 12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, 13 to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. 14 For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage. 15 Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. 16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity? 17 Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. 18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me. 19 When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul. 20 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree? 21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. 22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge. 23 He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

Cross references (23)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Isaiah 35:4; Nahum 1:2; Hebrews 10:30; Deuteronomy 32:35; Romans 12:19
  2. 2 Psalm 7:6; Psalm 31:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10; John 5:22–23; Genesis 18:25
  3. 3 Revelation 6:10; Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 20:5; Psalm 43:2; Psalm 80:4
  4. 4 Psalm 31:18; Psalm 52:1; Daniel 7:25; Job 21:14–15; Exodus 15:9–10
  5. 5 Isaiah 3:15; Psalm 79:2–3; Jeremiah 50:11; Psalm 7:2; Revelation 11:3
  6. 6 Isaiah 10:2; Ezekiel 22:7; Jeremiah 7:6; Malachi 3:5; Isaiah 13:15–18
  7. 7 Luke 18:3–4; Psalm 10:11–13; Isaiah 29:15; Ezekiel 8:12; Job 22:12–13
  8. 8 Psalm 92:6; Titus 3:3; Psalm 49:10; Isaiah 27:11; Romans 3:11
  9. 9 Exodus 4:11; Jeremiah 23:23–24; Proverbs 20:12; Psalm 11:4; Psalm 44:21
  10. 10 Job 35:11; Isaiah 28:26; Jeremiah 10:25; John 6:45; Isaiah 2:3
  11. 11 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 1:19; Romans 1:21–22; Job 11:11–12; 1 Corinthians 1:25
  12. 12 Proverbs 3:11–12; Job 5:17; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:5–11; Revelation 3:19
  13. 13 Psalm 55:23; 2 Peter 2:9; Psalm 9:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8; Revelation 14:13
  14. 14 1 Samuel 12:22; Romans 11:1–2; Psalm 37:28; Deuteronomy 32:9; John 10:27–31
  15. 15 Micah 7:9; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 97:2; Malachi 3:18; Psalm 125:3–5
  16. 16 Judges 5:23; John 7:50–51; 3 John 8; Jeremiah 5:1; Psalm 59:2
  17. 17 Psalm 124:1–2; Psalm 31:17; 2 Timothy 4:16–17; Psalm 118:13; Psalm 115:17
  18. 18 Psalm 121:3; Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 119:116–117; Psalm 37:23–24; Psalm 38:16
  19. 19 Psalm 61:2; 2 Corinthians 1:4–5; Psalm 77:2–10; Romans 5:2–5; Psalm 63:5–6
  20. 20 Isaiah 10:1; Psalm 58:2; Revelation 13:15–17; Ecclesiastes 3:16; John 11:57
  21. 21 Matthew 27:1; Proverbs 17:15; Exodus 23:7; Psalm 59:3; Revelation 17:6
  22. 22 Psalm 18:2; Psalm 27:1–3; Psalm 59:9; Psalm 62:6; Psalm 59:16–17
  23. 23 Psalm 7:16; Proverbs 14:32; Proverbs 2:22; Proverbs 5:22; Psalm 55:23

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XCIII)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 94:1 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapters IV–VII)

    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)

  3. Quotes verse 94:11 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture V)

    … 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)

  4. Quotes verse 94:16 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter V)

    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)

  5. Quotes verse 94:15 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Preface, Explaining His Design in Undertaking This Work)

    … 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)