Psalms 94 · Verse 3

Psalms 94:3

Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Psalms 94:3, King James Version

Psalms 94:3 in other translations

BSBHow long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
WEBLORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
ASVJehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
YLTTill when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?
DARBYHow long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
BBEHow long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
WebsterLORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

What does Psalms 94:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 94:3-4
3-4. In an earnest expostulation he expresses his desire that the insolent triumph of the wicked may be ended.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 How long shall the wicked triumph? - The wicked are often in prosperity; and this only shows us of how little worth riches are in the sight of God, when he bestows them on the most contemptible of mortals. But their time and prosperity have their bounds.

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…

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Psalms 94:3 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.

עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
מָתַ֖יma.Taiwhen?H4970
רְשָׁעִ֥ים\׀re.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
מָ֝תַ֗יma.Taiwhen?H4970
רְשָׁעִ֥יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
יַעֲלֹֽזוּ\׃ya.'a.Lo.zuwill they exultH5937

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

Cross references for Psalms 94:3

  • Revelation 6:10

    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?

  • Jeremiah 12:1-2

    Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

  • Job 20:5

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  • Psalms 43:2

    For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Psalms 80:4

    O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

  • Psalms 73:8

    They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

  • Psalms 79:5

    How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

  • Psalms 74:9-10

    We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

  • Acts 12:22-23

    And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Psalms 89:46

    How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  • Esther 6:6-10

    So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lord.
43:2; 73:8; 74:9,10; 79:5; 80:4; 89:46; Jer 12:1,2; 47:6; Re 6:10
the wicked.
Es 5:11,12; 6:6-10; 7:6,10; Job 20:5; Ac 12:22,23

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Context

  • 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 94:4

    How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

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Psalms 94:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Hasta cuándo los impíos, hasta cuándo, oh Jehová, se gozarán los impíos?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Jusques à quand les méchants, ô Éternel! jusques à quand les méchants se réjouiront-ils?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Bis wann werden die Gesetzlosen, Jehova, bis wann werden die Gesetzlosen frohlocken,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quoniam Deus magnus Dominus, et rex magnus super omnes deos.