1 A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver. 2 Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution. 3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory? 4 How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out? 5 They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance. 6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan. 7 And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.” 8 Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones. 9 He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely? 10 He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke? 11 The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain. 12 Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law. 13 So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners. 14 For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance, 15 even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart. 16 Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity? 17 Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. 18 If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me. 19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul. 20 Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment? 21 They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood. 22 And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope. 23 And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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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 CPDV.
- 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.
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“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)