English Standard Version
Psalms 94:3
3O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
Psalms 94:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
- New International Version (NIV)How long, Lord, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph?
- New Living Translation (NLT)How long, O Lord? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
Context of Psalms 94:3
1O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! 2Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? 4They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. 5They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage.
Read all of Psalms 94Psalms 94:3 word by word
עַד־מָתַ֖י רְשָׁעִ֥ים׀ יְהוָ֑ה עַד־מָ֝תַ֗י רְשָׁעִ֥ים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 94:3
- Psalms 43:2For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 73:8They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
- Psalms 74:9We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
- Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 80:4O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
- Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
- Jeremiah 47:6Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
- Revelation 6:10They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
- Esther 5:11And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.
- Esther 6:6So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?"
- Esther 7:6And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
- Job 20:5that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
- Acts 12:22And the people were shouting, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
Commentaries on Psalms 94:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3How long shall the wicked triumph? - The wicked are often in prosperity; and this only shows us of how little worth riches are in the sight of God, when he bestows them on the most contemptible of mortals. But their time and prosperity have their bounds.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Lord, how long shall the wicked - As if there were to be no end to their exaltation; their joy; their success. How long would God allow this? How long would he sit by and see it done? Was he disposed to let them go on forever? Would he never interpose, and arrest them in their career? How often do we wonder that God does not interpose! How often does it seem inexplicable that a Being of almighty power and infinite goodness does not interfere with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7After the community suffers at the hands of the wicked (Psalm 94:5–7), they pray for the Lord to bring justice (see Psalm 7:11; 9:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. In an earnest expostulation he expresses his desire that the insolent triumph of the wicked may be ended.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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