Psalms 94:4
They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
In Context
3How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
5Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth; for a God of knowledge is the Lord, and by him are actions weighed.
Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.
Psalms 31:18(31:19) Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.
Psalms 59:7(59:8) Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, [say they,] doth hear?
Psalms 64:3(64:4) Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:
Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn aside unto their crooked ways, them will the Lord drive away with the workers of wickedness; but peace shall be upon Israel.
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 →