Psalms 94:2
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Psalms 94:2 in other translations
| BSB | Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud. |
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| WEB | Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. |
| ASV | Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert. |
| YLT | Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud. |
| DARBY | Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud. |
| BBE | Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. |
| Webster | Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. |
What does Psalms 94:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 94:1-2
Psa 94:1-23. The writer, appealing to God in view of the oppression of enemies, rebukes them for their wickedness and folly, and encourages himself, in the confidence that God will punish evildoers, and favor His people. 1-2. God's revenge is His judicial infliction of righteous punishment. show thyself--(Compare Margin).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 94:1-11
We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who judges righteously. These prayers are prophecies, which speak terror to the sons of violence. There will come a day of reckoning for all the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against God, his truths, and ways…
Psalms 94:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 94:2
- Psalms 7:6
Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
- Psalms 31:23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
- John 5:22-23
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- Genesis 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Micah 5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 2:11-12
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
- 1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- Daniel 5:22-24
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
- Isaiah 10:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 37:23
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
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Context
- Psalms 94:1
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
- Psalms 94:2
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
- Psalms 94:3
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Psalms 94:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ensálzate, oh Juez de la tierra: da el pago á los soberbios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Élève-toi, juge de la terre! rends la récompense aux orgueilleux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Erhebe dich, Richter der Erde, vergilt den Hoffärtigen ihr Tun! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | præoccupemus faciem ejus in confessione, et in psalmis jubilemus ei: |