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Psalms 94:4
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God regarding the continued exultation of the wicked, positioned between a lament over their oppression and a description of their violence against God's people.
The words — The Hebrew יַבִּיעוּ (ya.Bi.'u) literally means "they pour forth," depicting arrogant speech as an uncontrolled outflow from those defined as פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן (Po.'a.lei 'A.ven), or workers of wickedness.
The thread — This motif of arrogant boasting recurs in Exodus 15:9 where the enemy declares self-exalting pursuit, and in Psalms 31:18 where lying lips speak arrogance against the righteous.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to identify vocal pride as the outward marker of entrenched wickedness, demanding an expectation of divine reckoning rather than human persuasion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Cross-references
- Psalms 31:18 May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Psalms 52:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
- Exodus 15:9 The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- Job 21:14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Psalms 140:3 They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- Daniel 7:25 He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Jude 1:14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Psalms 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalms 59:7 See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”