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Psalms 91:8

You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

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ASV

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.

KJV

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רַ֭קrakonlyH7535 →
בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khawith own eyes yourH5869 →
תַבִּ֑יטta.Bityou will lookH5027 →
וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖תve.shi.lu.Matand [the] retribution ofH8011 →
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563 →
תִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'Ehyou will seeH7200 →

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Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.Proverbs 3:25–26Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,Psalms 92:11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.Malachi 1:5You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”Psalms 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.Proverbs 29:16When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.Psalms 59:10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.Psalms 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.Psalms 112:8His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.Deuteronomy 6:22Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.Revelation 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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