Psalm 94:10

Translations

Modern

He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?

Traditional

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Literal

The One disciplining the nations, does He not correct—the One teaching a man knowledge?

Latin

Qui corripit gentes non arguet, qui docet hominem scientiam?

Original

Hebrew

English

He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?

Notes

Psalms 94:10

discipline: This word can also mean "admonished" (Psalm 2:10), "discipline" (6:1; 94:12), or "instructs" (16:7). The Lord disciplines his people to improve their character (Proverbs 3:11–12; Hebrews 12:6–11). He punishes his enemies by giving them what they deserve (Psalm 1:6; Romans 6:23).

Psalms 94:8–11

The writer of the psalm corrects people for acting foolishly.

Psalms 94:1–23

This plea for the Lord’s justice includes both communal and individual expressions of sorrow (Psalm 94:1–7, 16–23). The psalmist speaks about the pain and suffering caused by the wicked. He also describes the comfort and stability of the Lord’s protection. He calls on the Lord to avenge the needy against the arrogant and foolish, he rebukes such people for their foolishness (Psalm 94:8–11), and speaks a blessing on the wise (94:12–15).

Psalms 93:1–100:5

These psalms challenge the doubts created by the exile (see Psalm 89) and answer the questions asked in Psalm 90:11, 13. The Lord has established a kingdom (Psalm 93) that is characterized by:

punishment of the wicked (Psalm 94),
respectful obedience among his people (Psalm 95),
justice for the poor (Psalm 96),
celebration in Zion (Psalm 97),
salvation for Israel (Psalm 98),
holiness (Psalm 99), and
praise (Psalm 100).

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Related verses

Job 35:11
…who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
Isaiah 28:26
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
Isaiah 2:3
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Psalm 44:2
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Isaiah 10:5–6
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
Ezekiel 39:21
I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.
Psalm 9:5
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Isaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

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