Psalm 94:1 {93:1}
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The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

A.

3416. B.C.

588. Dr. Delaney supposes that this Psalm was written by David on occasion of his war with the Ammonites, in consequence of the indignities shewn to his messengers; but it is more probable that it was written to bewail the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.

God, to whom vengeance belongeth.

Deuteronomy 32:35,41,42 Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come. . . .

Isaiah 35:4 Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.

Isaiah 59:17 He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.

Jeremiah 50:28 The voice of them that flee, and of them that have escaped out of the land of Babylon: to declare in Sion the revenge of the Lord our God, the revenge of his temple.

Nahum 1:2 The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.

Romans 12:19 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:30 For we know him that hath said: Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will repay. And again: The Lord shall judge his people.

shew thyself.

Psalm 80:1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

Context
The LORD Will Not Forget His People
1The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.2Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.…
Cross References
Romans 12:19
Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.

Deuteronomy 32:35
Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.

2 Samuel 22:48
God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,

Psalm 18:47
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enraged enemies.

Psalm 50:2
Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.

Psalm 79:10
Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed:

Psalm 80:1
Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

Isaiah 35:4
Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.

Jeremiah 51:56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.

Nahum 1:2
The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.

Lexicon
O LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֵל־ (’êl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

of vengeance,
נְקָמ֥וֹת (nə·qā·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5360: Avengement

O God
אֵ֖ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

of vengeance,
נְקָמ֣וֹת (nə·qā·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5360: Avengement

shine forth.
הוֹפִֽיַע׃ (hō·w·p̄i·ya‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3313: To shine out or forth, to send out beams, cause to shine


Additional Translations
O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.

O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.

O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;

O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.

Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.
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