Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 91:8
8You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
Psalms 91:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
Context of Psalms 91:8
6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon. 7Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you. You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked. 9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High— 10no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
Read all of Psalms 91Psalms 91:8 word by word
רַ֭ק בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָ תַבִּ֑יט וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 91:8
- Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Psalms 92:11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
- Proverbs 3:25Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
- Malachi 1:5You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
Commentaries on Psalms 91:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The reward of the wicked - Thou shalt not only be safe thyself, but thou shalt see all thy enemies discomfited and cast down.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Only - That is, This is “all” that will occur to you. The only thing which you have to anticipate is, that you will see how God punishes sinners. With thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked - Your own eyes shall see it. See the notes at Psalm 37:34. You will see the just punishment of the ungodly, the vicious, the profane, the sensual. You will see what is the proper fruit of their conduct; what is the just expression of the views…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The godly should not be afraid, because the Lord watches over them. These promises do not guarantee an escape from trouble, but they create an expectation of the Lord’s goodness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. The security is more valuable, as being special, and, therefore, evidently of God; and while ten thousands of the wicked fall, the righteous are in such safety that they only see the calamity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 91
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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