Christian 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
6the plague that stalks in darkness, or the pestilence that ravages at noon. 7Though a thousand fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, the pestilence will not reach you. You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked. 9Because you have made the Lord — my refuge, the Most High — your dwelling place, 10no harm will come to you; no plague will come near your tent.
Read all of Psalms 91Psalms 91:8 word by word
רַ֭ק בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָ תַבִּ֑יט וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 91:8
- Psalms 37:34Wait for the Lord and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Psalms 92:11My eyes look at my enemies; when evildoers rise against me, my ears hear them.
- Proverbs 3:25Don’t fear sudden danger or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,
- Malachi 1:5Your own eyes will see this, and you yourselves will say, ‘The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.’
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked — it will go badly for them, for what they have done will be done to them.
- Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding and every transgression and disobedience received a 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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