1 The Lord is a God of vengeance! God of vengeance, shine out! 2 Stand up, judge of the earth, and pay back those who are proud what they deserve. 3 How long, Lord? How long will the wicked celebrate in triumph? 4 How long will you let them pour out their arrogant words? How long will these evil people go on boasting? 5 Lord, they crush your people; they oppress those you call your own. 6 They kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans. 7 They say, “The Lord can't see what we're doing. Israel's God doesn't pay any attention to us.” 8 Take another look, you stupid people! Fools—when will you ever get the point? 9 Do you think the creator of the ear can't hear? Do you think the maker of the eye can't see? 10 Do you think that the one who punishes nations won't punish you too? Do you think that the one who teaches human beings knowledge doesn't know anything? 11 The Lord knows the thoughts of human beings—he knows they are pointless. 12 Those you discipline are happy, Lord; those you teach from your Law. 13 You give them peace in days of trouble, until a pit is dug to trap the wicked. 14 For the Lord will not give up on his people; he will not abandon his own. 15 Justice will once again be based on what is right; those who are sincere will support it. 16 Who came to my defense against the wicked; who stood up for me against those who do evil? 17 If the Lord hadn't helped me, I would have soon gone down into the silence of the grave. 18 I shouted out, “My foot's slipping!” and your trustworthy love, Lord, kept me from falling. 19 When my mind was full of worries, you comforted me and encouraged me. 20 Can unjust judges really be on your side, Lord, when their corrupt use of the law causes misery? 21 They work together to destroy good people; they condemn those who are innocent to death. 22 But the Lord protects me like a fortress; my God is the rock that keeps me safe. 23 He will turn the wickedness of evil people back upon them; he will destroy them because of their sins; the Lord our God will destroy them.
Psalm 94 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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).
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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)