God’s Word Translation
Psalms 94:2
2Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give arrogant people what they deserve.
Psalms 94:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
- New International Version (NIV)Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud.
Context of Psalms 94:2
1O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, appear! Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give arrogant people what they deserve. 3How long, O Lord, will wicked people triumph? How long? 4They ramble. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves.
Read all of Psalms 94Psalms 94:2 word by word
הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:2
- Psalms 7:6Arise in anger, O Lord. Stand up against the fury of my attackers. Wake up, my God. You have already pronounced judgment.
- Psalms 68:1God will arise. His enemies will be scattered. Those who hate him will flee from him.
- Psalms 74:22Arise, O God! Fight for your own cause! Remember how godless fools insult you all day long.
- Micah 5:9You will use your power against your opponents, and all your enemies will be destroyed.
- Psalms 50:6The heavens announce his righteousness because God is the judge. Selah
- Genesis 18:25It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”
- John 5:22“The Father doesn’t judge anyone. He has entrusted judgment entirely to the Son
- 2 Corinthians 5:10All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
- Psalms 31:23Love the Lord, all you godly ones! The Lord protects faithful people, but he pays back in full those who act arrogantly.
- Job 40:11Unleash your outbursts of anger. Look at all who are arrogant, and put them down.
- Isaiah 2:11The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day the Lord alone will be honored.
- Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for all his boasting and all his arrogance.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom are you defying and slandering? Against whom are you shouting? Who are you looking at so arrogantly? It is the Holy One of Israel!
- Jeremiah 50:31“I’m against you, you arrogant city,” declares the Almighty Lord of Armies. “Your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, will praise, honor, and give glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is true, his ways are right, and he can humiliate those who act arrogantly.
- Daniel 5:22“Belshazzar, you are one of Nebuchadnezzar’s successors. You didn’t remain humble, even though you knew all this.
Commentaries on Psalms 94:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Lift up thyself - Exert thy power. Render a reward to the proud - To the Babylonians, who oppress and insult us.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Lift up thyself - Be exalted or lifted up so as to be manifest in thy true character. The idea is that God was, as it were, sitting at his ease, or as if he were indifferent to what was occurring in the world. See the notes at Psalm 3:7. Thou Judge of the earth - Ruler of the world; to whom it pertains to exercise judgment over all classes of people, and in all circumstances. The meaning here is, that as he was the Ruler of the whole earth, this matter…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2When the Lord's enemies rise against him and his people (Psalm 3:7; 93:3), he must rise and punish the enemy (see 79:12; Isaiah 65:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-231-2. God's revenge is His judicial infliction of righteous punishment. show thyself--(Compare Margin).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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