Psalms 94:23

23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.

Psalms 94:23 in Other Translations

KJV
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
ESV
23 He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.
NLT
23 God will turn the sins of evil people back on them. He will destroy them for their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them.
MSG
23 Then boomeranged their evil back on them: for their evil ways he wiped them out, our God cleaned them out for good.
CSB
23 He will pay them back for their sins and destroy them for their evil. The Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalms 94:23 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 94:23

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity
The just punishment of it; or cause the mischief they designed to others to fall upon themselves; or make retaliation to them; that whereas they had drank the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus, blood should be given them to drink; or their own blood should be shed, ( Revelation 16:6 ) , the Jews F9 say, that the Levites stood on their desks, and recited this passage, both at the precise time of the destruction of the first temple by Nebuchadnezzar, and of the second by the Romans:

and shall cut them off in their own wickedness;
in the midst of it, while slaying the witnesses, and triumphing over them, ( Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 ) , yea,

the Lord our God shall cut them off;
the God of Jacob, who, they said, did not see nor regard what they did, ( Psalms 94:7 ) ( Revelation 19:15-21 ) , and so this latter part of the psalm fulfils the former, and proves that God is a God of vengeance, to whom it belongs; and he will exercise it in due time.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 30. p. 92.

Psalms 94:23 In-Context

21 The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Exodus 32:34; S Psalms 54:5; Psalms 7:16
  • 2. Psalms 9:5; Psalms 37:38; Psalms 145:20
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