Psalm 91:8
New International Version
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

New Living Translation
Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.

English Standard Version
You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.

Berean Standard Bible
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

King James Bible
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

New King James Version
Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.

New American Standard Bible
You will only look on with your eyes And see the retaliation against the wicked.

NASB 1995
You will only look on with your eyes And see the recompense of the wicked.

NASB 1977
You will only look on with your eyes, And see the recompense of the wicked.

Legacy Standard Bible
You will only look on with your eyes And see the recompense of the wicked.

Amplified Bible
You will only [be a spectator as you] look on with your eyes And witness the [divine] repayment of the wicked [as you watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].

Christian Standard Bible
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

American Standard Version
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But with your eyes alone you shall see the reward of the wicked.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners.

Contemporary English Version
And with your own eyes you will see the punishment of the wicked.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.

English Revised Version
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You only have to look with your eyes to see the punishment of wicked people.

Good News Translation
You will look and see how the wicked are punished.

International Standard Version
Only observe it with your eyes, and you will see how the wicked are paid back.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the recompense of the wicked.

Literal Standard Version
But with your eyes you look, | And you see the reward of the wicked,

Majority Standard Bible
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

New American Bible
You need simply watch; the punishment of the wicked you will see.

NET Bible
Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes--you will see the wicked paid back.

New Revised Standard Version
You will only look with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

New Heart English Bible
You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

Webster's Bible Translation
Only with thy eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

World English Bible
You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation
But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,

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Context
My Refuge and Fortress
7Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you. 8You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked. 9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—…

Cross References
Psalm 37:34
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Psalm 58:10
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalm 92:11
My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

Jeremiah 39:16
"Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.


Treasury of Scripture

Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.

only

Psalm 37:34
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Psalm 58:10,11
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked…

Psalm 92:11
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

reward

Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Hebrews 2:2
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

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Psalm 91
1. The state of the godly
3. Their safety
9. Their habitation
11. Their servants
14. Their friend; with the effects of them all.














Verse 8. - Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward (or, "the recompense") of the wicked; i.e. without suffering anything thyself, thou shalt look on, and see the punishment of the ungodly. So Israel in the land of Goshen "looked on," and saw the calamities of the Egyptians.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You will only
רַ֭ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

see it
תַבִּ֑יט (ṯab·bîṭ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard

with your eyes
בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and witness
תִּרְאֶֽה׃ (tir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

the punishment
וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖ת (wə·šil·lu·maṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8011: Requital, retribution

of the wicked.
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person


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