Psalms 94 · Verse 13

Psalms 94:13

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Psalms 94:13, King James Version

Psalms 94:13 in other translations

BSBto grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
WEBthat you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
ASVThat thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
YLTTo give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
DARBYThat thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
BBESo that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
WebsterThat thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

What does Psalms 94:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 94:12-13

12-13. On the other hand He favors though He chastens, the pious, and will teach and preserve them till the prosperous wicked are overthrown.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 That thou mayest give him rest - He whom God instructs is made wise unto salvation; and he who is thus taught has rest in his soul, and peace and confidence in adversity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 94:12-23

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…

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Psalms 94:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְהַשְׁקִ֣יטle.hash.Kitto give quietH8252
ל֭וֹloto him
מִ֣ימֵיMi.meifrom days ofH3117
רָ֑עRa'troubleH7451
עַ֤ד'aduntilH5704
יִכָּרֶ֖הyi.ka.Rehit will be dugH3738
לָרָשָׁ֣עla.ra.Sha'for the wickedH7563
שָֽׁחַת\׃Sha.chata pitH7845

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 94:13

  • Psalms 55:23

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

  • 2 Peter 2:9

    The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

    And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Revelation 14:13

    And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

  • Isaiah 26:20-21

    Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Habakkuk 3:16

    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

  • Psalms 49:5

    Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

  • Revelation 11:18

    And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

  • Jeremiah 18:22

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

    For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • Revelation 6:10-11

    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mayest.
Isa 26:20,21; Hab 3:16; 2Co 4:17,18; 2Th 1:7,8; Heb 4:9; Re 14:13
until the pit.
9:15; 55:23; Jer 18:20,22; 2Pe 2:9; 3:3-7; Re 6:10,11; 11:18

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Context

  • Psalms 94:12

    Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

  • Psalms 94:13

    That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

  • Psalms 94:14

    For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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Psalms 94:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Para tranquilizarle en los días de aflicción, en tanto que para el impío se cava el hoyo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Pour le mettre à l’abri des mauvais jours, jusqu’à ce que la fosse soit creusée pour le méchant!
German
Elberfelder 1871
um ihm Ruhe zu geben vor den bösen Tagen, bis dem Gesetzlosen die Grube gegraben wird!