{"id":1036,"date":"2019-10-10T10:23:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T10:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:06:11","slug":"daily-devotion-of-psalm-94-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/psalm\/daily-devotion-of-psalm-94-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion in Psalm 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Psalms-539x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:446px;height:199px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Artwork from a 1611 KJV<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Psalm94.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HEAR the devotion and KJV chapter.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Nugget:<\/strong><br>Psalm 94 and many others ask the same question. They wonder how long the wicked will get away with their sin.&nbsp;We see and hear so many in blatant disregard for God\u2019s moral laws and His desired behaviors.&nbsp;It is often wondered how some get away with their terrible actions.<br><em>\u201cLORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?\u201d Psalm 94:3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer is they will not get away with sin.&nbsp;The payday for iniquity will come someday. It may be today; it may be ten years from now.&nbsp;They may appear unscathed by their wrongdoing in this life.&nbsp;However, we have God\u2019s promise that in the next, they will stand before a judge who will issue a verdict they will fear, which will cause them to regret their past actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I told many Sunday school classes, no one gets away with sinning against God.&nbsp;True to that biblical promise, I have seen many sinners pay the price they never thought they would pay for their wrongdoing.&nbsp;The wage for their offense against God came after the transgression and brought grief and regret that lasted much of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When raising my daughter, I remember her observation of one in our church that regularly sinned. One day, she commented, \u201cSee, so-and-so is doing this and that, but nothing is happening to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My reply was, \u201cBe patient.&nbsp;They won\u2019t get away with it.\u201d Sure enough, a time came, several years later, that they received the wage for the transgression they had sown, and it was devastating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God is the judge, and nothing escapes His scrutiny.&nbsp;Vengeance is His, and He will receive it (Psalm 94:1-2). All wrong-doing will be dealt with (Psalm 94:4-6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sinner may think their iniquity escaped the eye of the Lord, but it did not (Psalm 94:7-10).&nbsp;He even knows our thoughts (Psalm 94:11), so there is no escaping sin\u2019s consequences.&nbsp;With this in mind, it is prudent and wise to flee iniquity and get as far away from it as possible.<br><em>\u201cAnd he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.\u201d Psalm 94:23<br>&#8220;Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.&#8221; Galatians 6:7<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Thought:<\/strong><br>\u201cIt is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those we intend to commit.\u201d \u2014 Billings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words to Understand:<\/strong><br>Adversity: troubles; trials<br>Brutish: animalistic behavior; not normal or sensible behavior<br>Chastiseth: discipline; correction from misbehavior<br>Vengeance: getting even; payback for wrong-doing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Reading:<br><\/strong><em>Psalm 94<br>1&nbsp;O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.<br>2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.<br>3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?<br>4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?<br>5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.<br>6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.<br>7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.<br>8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?<br>9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?<br>10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?<br>11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.<br>12 \u00b6 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;<br>13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.<br>14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.<br>15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.<br>16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?<br>17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.<br>18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.<br>19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.<br>20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?<br>21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.<br>22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.<br>23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Nugget:Psalm 94 and many others ask the same question. 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