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Psalms 94:2–8

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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
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From verse 2

  1. Psalms 7:6Rank 1 from verse 2
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    6Arise, 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.

  2. 2 Corinthians 5:10Rank 2 from verse 2
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    10For 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.

  3. Psalms 31:23Rank 3 from verse 2
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    23O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

  4. Genesis 18:25Rank 4 from verse 2
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    25That 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?

  5. John 5:22–23Rank 5 from verse 2
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    22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

    23That 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.

From verse 3

  1. Revelation 6:10Rank 1 from verse 3
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    10And 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?

  2. Jeremiah 12:1–2Rank 2 from verse 3
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    1RIGHTEOUS 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?

    2Thou 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.

  3. Job 20:5Rank 3 from verse 3
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    5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  4. Psalms 43:2Rank 4 from verse 3
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    2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  5. Psalms 73:8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 31:18Rank 1 from verse 4
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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  2. Psalms 52:1Rank 2 from verse 4
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    1WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

  3. Daniel 7:25Rank 3 from verse 4
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    25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

  4. Jude 1:14–15Rank 4 from verse 4
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    14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

    15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  5. Psalms 140:3Rank 5 from verse 4
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 3:15Rank 1 from verse 5
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    15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

  2. Psalms 79:2–3Rank 2 from verse 5
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    2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

    3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

  3. Exodus 2:23–24Rank 3 from verse 5
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    23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

    24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  4. Isaiah 52:5Rank 4 from verse 5
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    5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

  5. Jeremiah 22:17Rank 5 from verse 5
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    17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

From verse 6

  1. Isaiah 10:2Rank 1 from verse 6
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    2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  2. Ezekiel 22:7Rank 2 from verse 6
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    7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  3. Jeremiah 7:6Rank 3 from verse 6
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    6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  4. Malachi 3:5Rank 4 from verse 6
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    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  5. Isaiah 13:15–18Rank 5 from verse 6
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    15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

    16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

    17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

    18Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

From verse 7

  1. Luke 18:3–4Rank 1 from verse 7
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    3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

    4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

  2. Psalms 10:11–13Rank 2 from verse 7
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    11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

    12Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

    13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

  3. Isaiah 29:15Rank 3 from verse 7
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    15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  4. Ezekiel 8:12Rank 4 from verse 7
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    12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

  5. Job 22:12–13Rank 5 from verse 7
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    12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

    13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 92:6Rank 1 from verse 8
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    6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  2. Titus 3:3Rank 2 from verse 8
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  3. Psalms 49:10Rank 3 from verse 8
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    10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  4. Deuteronomy 32:29Rank 4 from verse 8
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    29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

  5. Isaiah 27:11Rank 5 from verse 8
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    11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 94:2

COMBINED MEANING

lift

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Sense 1: To raise, bear up, or elevate physically. Sense 2: To direct upward or raise in expression, as the eyes, hands, voice, soul, prayer, or countenance. Sense 3: To exalt, restore, strengthen, or raise in condition or honour. Sense 4: To raise or wield against, as a hand, tool, weapon, or standard. Sense 5: In lift from off, to remove or take away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

judge

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Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

render

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To give, deliver, present, offer, return, repay, yield, perform, or award what is due, required, produced, deserved, or entrusted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reward

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Sense 1: A benefit, payment, honour, punishment, or recompense given or received. Sense 2: As a verb, to give such a return.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 94:3

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

triumph

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Sense 1: Great joy outwardly showed. Sense 2: To prevail, exult in victory, or openly display conquest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 94:4

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

utter

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1. To speak, declare, or make known. 2. Outermost or complete.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hard

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Firm, difficult, severe, harsh, laborious, forceful, or resistant to pressure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

boast

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Sense 1: To glory, exult, or speak confidently concerning oneself, another, or that in which one trusts. Sense 2: An expression or ground of glorying or confidence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 94:5

COMBINED MEANING

break

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1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 94:6

COMBINED MEANING

murder

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Sense 1: The unlawful, intentional killing of a person. Sense 2: As a verb, to kill unlawfully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 94:7

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

regard

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Respect; esteem; reverence; that view of the mind which springs from value, estimable qualities, or any thing that excites admiration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 94:8

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fools

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Persons lacking wisdom or sound judgment, especially in moral or spiritual conduct.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

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3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

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4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

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5They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

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6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

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7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

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8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

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