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to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Psalms 94:13 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
  • KJV That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  • NKJV That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
  • NASB So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
  • NLT You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.

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Quick answer

God's discipline gives rest from days of trouble while the wicked await their judgment. The disciplined believer finds peace even as evil heads toward its end.

Overview

God's teaching steadies the believer through adversity, granting inner rest while the 'pit' is prepared for the wicked. This contrasts the secure tranquility of the godly with the looming downfall of the oppressor. Such rest is fully realized in Christ, who gives rest to the weary and assures final justice (Matthew 11:28-29).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Ps 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  • 2 Pet 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
  • Ps 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
  • Rev 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
  • 2 Th 1:7–8and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
  • Hab 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
  • Isa 26:20–21Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  • 2 Pet 3:3–7Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
  • Rev 6:10–11And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
  • 2 Cor 4:17–18For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  • Ps 49:5Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
  • Rev 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
  • Jer 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
  • Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
  • Jer 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
  • Heb 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

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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 94:13 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.

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