Psalms 94:3
How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
In Context
2Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
4They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
Cross References
Esther 6:6So Haman came in; and the king said unto him, What shall be done with the man whom the king desireth to honor? And Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king desire to do honor more than to myself?
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.
Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my fortress: why hast thou abandoned me? why must I walk about grieved, under the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 74:9Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.
Psalms 80:4(80:5) O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Jeremiah 12:1[Too] righteous art thou, O Lord, that I could plead with thee; yet must I speak of [the principles of] justice with thee: Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy? do all those prosper that deal treacherously?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 94:2-12
Appeal to God against Persecutors; The Folly of Atheists and Oppressors. 1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. 3 Lord , how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord , and afflict thine heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the… Read the whole commentary →