Psalm 94:4-11

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

4 They pour out their w arrogant words;
all x the evildoers boast.
 5 They y crush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.
 6 They kill z the widow and the sojourner,
and murder z the fatherless;
 7 a and they say, "The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive."

8 b Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
 9 c He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
 10 He who d disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who e teaches man knowledge -
11 f the Lord - knows the thoughts of man,
that they are g but a breath. 1

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 31:18
    Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
    1 Samuel 2:3
    Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
    Jude 1:15
    To execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 92:7
    That though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever.
    Psalms 92:9
    For behold, your enemies, O Lord, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.
    Psalms 125:5
    But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 22:22
    Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
    Isaiah 3:15
    What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord God of hosts.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:2
    To turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:2
    To turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
  6. Cross References
    Job 22:13
    But you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 49:10
    For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 4:11
    Then the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord ?
    Proverbs 20:12
    The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.
  9. Cross References
    Job 12:23
    He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
  10. Cross References
    Job 35:11
    Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
  11. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:20
    And again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 30:5
    For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
    Psalms 30:11
    You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
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