New English Translation
Psalms 94:23
23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.
Psalms 94:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
- New International Version (NIV)He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The Lord our God shall cut them off.
Context of Psalms 94:23
21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent. 22But the Lord will protect me, and my God will shelter me. He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.
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וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם׀ אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 94:23
- Psalms 7:16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
- Psalms 64:8Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
- Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.
- Proverbs 5:22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
- Daniel 7:24The ten horns mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom. Another king will arise after them, but he will be different from the earlier ones. He will humiliate three kings.
- Psalms 12:3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
- 1 Samuel 26:10David went on to say, “As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
- Ezekiel 18:24“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.
- Daniel 9:26Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.
Commentaries on Psalms 94:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Shall cut them off - This is repeated, to show that the destruction of the Babylonians was fixed and indubitable: and in reference to the Jews, the persecutors and murderers of our Lord and his apostles, it was not less so. Babylon is totally destroyed; not even a vestige of it remains. The Jews are no longer a nation; they are scattered throughout the world, and have no certain place of abode. They do not possess even one village on the face of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity - The consequences of their sin. He shall punish them as they deserve. See the notes at Psalm 7:16. And shall cut them off in their own wickedness - As the result of their wickedness, and while they are engaged in perpetrating acts of sin. Yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off - Expressing, by the repetition of the sentiment, the utmost confidence that this would be so. This is in accordance with the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-23The psalmist resumes their prayer (see Psalm 94:1–7) with a desperate plea for the Lord's justice. It ends with the hope that evil will cease.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. Yet he is safe in God's care. defence--(Psa 59:9). rock of ... refuge--(Psa 9:9; 18:2).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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