Psalms 91:8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Psalms 91:8 in other translations
| BSB | You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked. |
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| WEB | You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked. |
| ASV | Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked. |
| YLT | But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest, |
| DARBY | Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked. |
| BBE | Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers. |
| Webster | Only with thy eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. |
What does Psalms 91:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 91:7-8
7-8. 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 91:1-8
He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that others may do so. The spiritual life is protected by Divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is a noisome pestilence. Great security is promised to…
Psalms 91:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 91:8
- Psalms 37:34
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
- Proverbs 3:25-26
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
- Psalms 92:11
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
- Malachi 1:5
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
- Psalms 58:10-11
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Hebrews 2:2
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
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Context
- Psalms 91:7
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
- Psalms 91:8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
- Psalms 91:9
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psalms 91:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ciertamente con tus ojos mirarás, y verás la recompensa de los impíos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Seulement tu contempleras de tes yeux, et tu verras la récompense des méchants. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nur schauen wirst du es mit deinen Augen, und wirst sehen die Vergeltung der Gesetzlosen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum exorti fuerint peccatores sicut fœnum, et apparuerint omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, ut intereant in sæculum sæculi: |