New Living Translation
Psalms 94:2
2Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give the proud 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, the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth! Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give the proud what they deserve. 3How long, O Lord? How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat? 4How long will they speak with arrogance? How long will these evil people boast?
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הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:2
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O Lord, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
- Psalms 68:1Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies. Let those who hate God run for their lives.
- Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
- Micah 5:9The people of Israel will stand up to their foes, and all their enemies will be wiped out.
- Psalms 50:6Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude
- Genesis 18:25Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- John 5:22In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.
- Psalms 31:23Love the Lord, all you godly ones! For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant.
- Job 40:11Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud.
- Isaiah 2:11Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment.
- Isaiah 10:12After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.
- Isaiah 37:23“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel!
- Jeremiah 50:31“See, I am your enemy, you arrogant people,” says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Your day of reckoning has arrived— the day when I will punish you.
- Daniel 4:37“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
- Daniel 5:22“You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself.
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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