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Psalm 92:9
For behold, your enemies, LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.
7though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
8But you, LORD, are on high forever more.
9For behold, your enemies, LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.
10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
11My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
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The repeated “your enemies” makes the judgment stark: those who flourish through evil still face ruin before YHWH who remains on high.
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Psalm 37:20But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the LORD shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.Both psalms declare that the LORD’s enemies will perish; Psalm 37 compares their disappearance to vanishing smoke.
Genesis 11:4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on …Scattering links these texts: Babel’s builders fear being scattered, while Psalm 92 declares that evildoers will be scattered.
Psalm 89:10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.Both describe the scattering of God’s enemies, with Psalm 89 recounting what his mighty arm has done.
Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.Both connect scattering with judgment against evil; Proverbs describes a king on his judgment throne.
2 Thessalonians 1:7–9and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,Both look toward divine intervention: enemies perish in the psalm, while afflicted people receive relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed.
Psalm 68:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.Psalm 68 asks God to arise and scatter his enemies; Psalm 92 declares that his enemies will be scattered.
Psalm 21:8–9Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.Enemies are addressed in both texts: Psalm 92 announces their end, while Psalm 21 says they will be found.
Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’Both pronounce judgment on those who do evil: scattering in the psalm and dismissal in Jesus’ words.
Judges 5:31“So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.Both speak of the LORD’s enemies perishing; Judges voices this as a plea, while Psalm 92 states it as certain.
Isaiah 17:13The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains …Both portray hostile strength coming apart before God: evildoers are scattered, and rushing nations flee at his rebuke.
Ezekiel 5:12A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and they will be consumed with famine within you. A third part will fall by the sword around you. A third …Both name death and scattering as judgment; Ezekiel describes pestilence, famine, and the sword in stark detail.
Numbers 10:35When the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”Moses asks the LORD to scatter his enemies as the ark moves forward; Psalm 92 declares that scattering will happen.
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The scattering here is a severe judgment, with no date attached. Evil may flourish for a time; YHWH remains on high, and his enemies will perish.
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