Bible Strands
Psalms 94:23
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the community, shifting from a declaration of the LORD as personal stronghold and rock of refuge to a pronouncement of coming judgment against the oppressors.
The words — The verb וַיָּשֶׁב (va.ya.shev) literally means "he brought back" or "returned," describing how the LORD will turn the wickedness of the oppressors back upon themselves.
The thread — This pattern of self-inflicted divine judgment appears in Psalms 7:16, Proverbs 14:32, and Proverbs 2:22, where the text records that the wicked are cut off or thrown down by their own sin.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to accept that God’s justice operates through the very actions of the wicked, demanding trust in His retribution rather than personal vengeance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Psalms 7:16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Proverbs 2:22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
- Psalms 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Proverbs 5:22 The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- 1 Samuel 26:10 David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Psalms 64:8 They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Psalms 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.