When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Psalm 94:13 - King James 2000 That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. American Standard Version (1901) That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked. Common English Bible giving them relief from troubling times until a pit is dug for the wicked. |
When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity at my heels shall surround me?
But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
When I heard, my body trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he comes up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them who destroy the earth.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on: Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.