New English Translation
Psalms 91:8
8Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes – you will see the wicked paid back.
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 comes in the darkness, or the disease that comes at noon. 7Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you. Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes – you will see the wicked paid back. 9For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One. 10No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.
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 37:34Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.
- Psalms 58:10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Psalms 92:11I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.
- Proverbs 3:25You will not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;
- Malachi 1:5Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified even beyond the border of Israel!’”
- Isaiah 3:11Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
- Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
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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