Psalm 104:35
New International Version
But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD.

New Living Translation
Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!

English Standard Version
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

Berean Standard Bible
May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

King James Bible
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

New King James Version
May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

New American Standard Bible
May sinners be removed from the earth And may the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD!

NASB 1995
Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!

NASB 1977
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, And let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!

Legacy Standard Bible
Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah!

Amplified Bible
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, And let the wicked be no more. Bless and affectionately praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Christian Standard Bible
May sinners vanish from the earth and wicked people be no more. My soul, bless the LORD! Hallelujah!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May sinners vanish from the earth and wicked people be no more. My soul, praise Yahweh! Hallelujah!

American Standard Version
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.

Contemporary English Version
Destroy all wicked sinners from the earth once and for all. With all my heart I praise you, LORD! I praise you!

English Revised Version
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May sinners vanish from the world. May there no longer be any wicked people. Praise the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!

Good News Translation
May sinners be destroyed from the earth; may the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul! Praise the LORD!

International Standard Version
May sinners disappear from the land and the wicked live no longer. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!

Majority Standard Bible
May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

NET Bible
May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

New Heart English Bible
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

World English Bible
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Sinners are consumed from the earth, "" And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, YHWH. Praise YAH!

Young's Literal Translation
Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!

Smith's Literal Translation
Sinners shall be finished from the earth, and the unjust no more. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let sinners fade away from the earth, along with the unjust, so that they may not be. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

New American Bible
May sinners vanish from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!

New Revised Standard Version
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Sinners will cease from the earth and the evil will not be seen in it. Bless LORD JEHOVAH, my soul!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Let sinners cease out of the earth, And let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let the sinners fail from off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD. 35May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

Cross References
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

2 Peter 3:10-13
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. / Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness / as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. ...

Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

1 Corinthians 15:24-26
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. / For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. / The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Romans 8:20-22
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

Isaiah 66:24
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

Isaiah 11:9
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Isaiah 65:17
For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Malachi 4:1-3
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” / “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. / Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Ezekiel 28:18-19
By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you. / All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

Ezekiel 18:30-32
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.


Treasury of Scripture

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless you the LORD, O my soul. Praise you the LORD.

sinners

Psalm 1:4
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Psalm 37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 59:13
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

bless

Psalm 104:1
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Psalm 103:1,2,22
A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name…

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Psalm 104
1. A meditation upon the mighty power
7. And wonderful providence of God
31. God's glory is eternal
33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God














May sinners vanish from the earth
The Hebrew word for "sinners" is "חַטָּאִים" (chata'im), which refers to those who miss the mark of God's law and righteousness. In the context of the Psalms, this plea is not merely for the removal of individuals but for the eradication of sin itself, which corrupts God's creation. The psalmist's desire reflects a longing for a world restored to its original purity, as God intended in the Garden of Eden. This phrase echoes the eschatological hope found throughout Scripture, where God's ultimate plan is to cleanse the earth of sin and establish His kingdom of righteousness.

and the wicked be no more
The term "wicked" in Hebrew is "רְשָׁעִים" (resha'im), denoting those who are actively opposed to God's will and who perpetrate injustice and evil. The psalmist's prayer for the wicked to "be no more" is a call for divine justice. It is a reminder of God's sovereignty and His promise to judge the earth. This reflects the biblical theme that God will ultimately triumph over evil, as seen in prophetic books like Isaiah and Revelation, where the final victory over wickedness is assured.

Bless the LORD, O my soul
The phrase "Bless the LORD" is a call to worship and adoration, where "bless" (בָּרַךְ, barak) means to kneel or to praise. The psalmist speaks to his own soul, urging it to recognize and respond to God's majesty and goodness. This internal dialogue emphasizes personal devotion and the importance of aligning one's heart with God's purposes. It serves as a model for believers to continually engage in worship, acknowledging God's sovereignty and grace in their lives.

Hallelujah!
"Hallelujah" is a transliteration of the Hebrew "הַלְלוּיָהּ" (halelu-Yah), meaning "Praise the LORD." This exclamation is a fitting conclusion to the psalm, encapsulating the themes of praise and divine justice. It is a universal call to all creation to join in the worship of God, who is worthy of all honor and glory. The use of "Hallelujah" ties the psalm to the broader biblical narrative, where the ultimate purpose of creation is to glorify God. This word serves as a reminder of the joy and hope found in God's eternal reign.

(35) Sinners be consumed.--This imprecation, which comes in at the close of this otherwise uniformly glad hymn, has been variously excused. The truth seems to be that from a religious hymn of Israel, since religion and patriotism were one, the expression of the national feeling against heathen oppressors and apostates who sided with them could not well be absent, whatever its immediate subject and tone. But the poet touches even a profounder truth.[19] The harmony of creation was soon broken by sin, and the harmony of the song of creation would hardly be complete, or rather, would be false and unreal, did not a discord make itself heard. The form such a suggestion would take was conditioned by the nationality of the poet; the spirit of it brings this ancient hymn at its close into accord with the feeling of modern literature, as reflected in Wordsworth's well-known "Verses Written in Early Spring":--

[19] In reality the power of sin to interfere with God's pleasure. in His universe is present as an undercurrent of thought in Psalms 103, as well as 104. In the former it is implied that forgiveness and restoration are requisite before the harmony of the universe (Psalm 104:20-22) can become audible. The two psalms are also closely related in form.

"I heard a thousand blended notes,

While in a grove I lay reclined,

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts

Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link

The human soul that through me ran

And much it grieved my heart to think

What Man has made of Man." . . .

Verse 35. - Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth; i.e. "Let the great blot upon creation - sin and sinners - exist no more. Let the harmony upon the earth be complete, by the elimination of this "one jarring string." And let the wicked be no more. Repetition for the sake of emphasis. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Then, when this blot is removed, when the trials of the godly, from the persecutions and vexations of sinners, are over, it will be the part of my soul, with greater heartiness than ever, to "bless the Lord." Praise ye the Lord. Then, too, all mankind may well be called upon to join in a chorus of praise and blessing, and to sing, as saints and angels sing in the courts of heaven, "Hallelujah!" (Revelation 19:1, 3, 4, 6).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May sinners
חַטָּאִ֨ים ׀ (ḥaṭ·ṭā·’îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2400: A criminal, one accounted guilty

vanish
יִתַּ֤מּוּ (yit·tam·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8552: To be complete or finished

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the earth
הָאָ֡רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and the wicked
וּרְשָׁעִ֤ים ׀ (ū·rə·šā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

be no
אֵינָ֗ם (’ê·nām)
Adverb | third person masculine plural
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

more.
ע֤וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

Bless
בָּרֲכִ֣י (bā·ră·ḵî)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

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

O my soul.
נַ֭פְשִׁי (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

Hallelujah!
הַֽלְלוּ־ (hal·lū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1984: To shine


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