Psalms 94:20
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
19 When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- KJV
- Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
- WEB
- Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
- ASV
- Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
- DARBY
- Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
- BLB
- Can the throne of iniquity join with You—one shaping mischief by statute?
- ÅB
- Har vel fordervelsens domstol noe samfunn med deg, der hvor de skaper urett under skinn av rett?
- OTB
- Kan en ødeleggelsens trone være forbundet med deg,
En som planlegger ugagn ved dekret? - B1930
- Har vel fordervelsens domstol noget samfund med dig, der hvor de skaper urett under skinn av rett?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Read in contextPsalms 58:2
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Read in contextRevelation 13:15–17
The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Read in contextJohn 11:57
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
Read in contextAmos 6:3
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
Read in contextEsther 3:6–12
And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Read in contextPsalms 50:16
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
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