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Psalm 94:2
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
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“Pay back” is a plea for punishment, spoken to the earth’s Judge while arrogant evildoers still boast and their triumph seems to go unanswered.
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Psalm 31:23Oh love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.Psalm 94 asks God to repay the proud; Psalm 31 declares that the LORD recompenses those who behave with arrogance.
Psalm 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”Both name God as Judge of the earth, with Psalm 94 asking him to act and Psalm 58 declaring his judgment.
Psalm 7:6Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.Both prayers ask God to rise and exercise judgment against people whose conduct demands an answer.
Genesis 18:25May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from …Both address God as Judge of the earth and appeal to him for judgment that fits those being judged.
Psalm 10:12Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.Both cry for God to rise and act; Psalm 94 names the proud, while Psalm 10 names the helpless.
2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or …Both connect divine judgment with deserved repayment; Corinthians says everyone must appear before Christ to receive according to their deeds.
Hebrews 12:23to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,Both name God as Judge over all, extending his authority beyond any one people or place.
Micah 5:9Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.Both passages seek punishment for others, though Psalm 94 names the proud and Micah asks for enemies to be cut off.
John 5:22–23For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,Psalm 94 addresses the Judge of the earth; John says the Father has given all judgment to the Son.
Judges 11:27Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. May the LORD the Judge be judge today between the children of Israel and the …Both appeal to the LORD as Judge, asking him to act where wrongdoing is at issue.
Isaiah 2:17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.Psalm 94 asks for repayment of the proud; Isaiah declares that human arrogance will be brought low and the LORD exalted.
1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists …Both describe God's opposition to pride: the psalm asks him to repay the proud, and Peter says God resists them.
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When arrogant people seem beyond reach, this prayer names God as their Judge. It asks him to punish wrongdoing; the right to judge belongs to him.
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