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Psalms 90:11

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Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Psalms 90:11 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
  • BSB Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
  • NKJV Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
  • NASB Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?
  • NLT Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

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Quick answer

Few truly grasp the seriousness of God's anger or give Him the reverence He deserves.

Overview

Moses observes that people underestimate the power of God's wrath, failing to fear Him as they ought. A right view of God's holiness should produce reverent awe. Such fear of the Lord, the beginning of wisdom, finds its rest in the One who saves us from wrath, Jesus (1 Thess. 1:10).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 12

  • Nah 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
  • Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
  • Lev 26:24Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
  • Rev 6:17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • Lev 26:18And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
  • Lev 26:21And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
  • Deut 28:59Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
  • 2 Cor 5:11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
  • Deut 29:20–29The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
  • Lev 26:28Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
  • Luke 12:5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • Ps 76:7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (2)
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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 90:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Who knowethיָדַעthe powerעֹזof thine angerאַףeven according to thy fearיִרְאָהso is thy wrathעֶבְרָה
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