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Psalm 94:3
LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
1LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
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The repeated “how long” keeps the wicked’s triumph in view, with no answer yet from the God being asked to judge.
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Revelation 6:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”Both cries ask how long God will allow wrongdoing to continue before he acts in judgment.
Psalm 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.Both prayers address God about another’s triumph: the wicked prevailing in Psalm 94, and enemies prevailing over the speaker in Psalm 25.
Jeremiah 12:1–2You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease …Both speakers bring the success of the wicked before God as a question that demands an answer.
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?Both speak of the wicked triumphing; the psalm asks how long, while the statement in Job describes that triumph as short.
Habakkuk 1:2LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?Both address the LORD with “how long,” crying out while wrongdoing continues without the intervention they seek.
Psalm 43:2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?Both prayers question God amid hostile power, with Psalm 43 naming the mourning caused by an enemy’s oppression.
Psalm 73:8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.Both confront wrongdoing: one protests the wicked’s triumph, and the other names arrogant speech and threats of oppression.
Psalm 80:4LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?Both ask the LORD “how long,” though Psalm 80 questions God’s anger against his people’s prayer rather than wicked triumph.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.The psalm questions how long wicked triumph will last; Esther records Haman’s death on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Acts 12:22–23The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”The connection is limited: Acts records praise of a human as divine, while the psalm protests the triumph of the wicked.
Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste,Both ask the Lord how long; Isaiah receives an answer describing devastation, while the psalm’s question remains unanswered in this verse.
Job 7:19How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?Both address God with “how long,” though Job seeks relief from God’s attention rather than an end to wicked triumph.
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Your prayer need not sound resolved when wrongdoing continues. This cry reaches toward the God to whom vengeance belongs, even while the question of how long remains unanswered.
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