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New Living Translation

Psalms 94:12

Joyful are those you discipline, Lord , those you teach with your instructions.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Chastisement;   Wisdom;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflicted, Promises, Divine;   Afflictions;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Chastisement;   God's;   Happiness;   Joy-Sorrow;   Promises, Divine;   Trials;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Chastisement;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blessed, the;   Condemnation;   Reproof;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Chastisement;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   Suffering;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Afflictions;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chasten, Chastisement;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Reproof;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chastening;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;   Chastening;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bisna, Bisinah, Bisni (Bizna);   God;   Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord , and whom you teach out of your law,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, how happy is anyone you disciplineand teach from your law
Hebrew Names Version
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, the LORD, And teach out of your law;
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , great blessings belong to those you discipline, to those you teach from your law.
Amplified Bible
Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O LORD, And whom You teach from Your law,
American Standard Version
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
Contemporary English Version
Our Lord , you bless everyone that you instruct and teach by using your Law.
Complete Jewish Bible
How happy the man whom you correct, Yah, whom you teach from your Torah,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law;
King James Version (1611)
Blessed is the man whome thou chastenest, O Lord: and teachest him out of thy Law:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law;
English Revised Version
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law;
Berean Standard Bible
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Lexham English Bible
Blessed is the man, O Yah, whom you instruct and teach from your law,
Literal Translation
Blessed is the man You chasten, O Jehovah, You teach him out of Your Law;
New Century Version
Lord , those you correct are happy; you teach them from your law.
New English Translation
How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord , the one whom you teach from your law,
New King James Version
Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law,
New Life Bible
Happy is the man who is punished until he gives up sin, O Lord, and whom You teach from Your Law.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(93-12) Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
George Lamsa Translation
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law;
Good News Translation
Lord , how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!
New American Standard Bible
Blessed is the man whom You discipline, LORD, And whom You teach from Your Law,
King James Version
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord , and teachest him out of thy law;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed is the man O Lorde, whom thou wylt chasten: and whom thou wylt instruct in thy lawe.
New Revised Standard
Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord , and whom you teach out of your law,
Darby Translation
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Blessid is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast lerned; and hast tauyt him of thi lawe.
Young's Literal Translation
O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
World English Bible
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law;
Revised Standard Version
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
Update Bible Version
Blessed is the [noble] man whom you chasten, O Yah, And teach out of your law;
Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Bible in Basic English
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessed is the ma, whom thou lernest (o LORDE) and teachest him in thy lawe.
THE MESSAGE
How blessed the man you train, God , the woman you instruct in your Word, Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil, while a jail is being built for the wicked. God will never walk away from his people, never desert his precious people. Rest assured that justice is on its way and every good heart put right.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord , And whom You teach out of Your law;
Legacy Standard Bible
Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Yah,And whom You teach out of Your law;

Contextual Overview

12 Joyful are those you discipline, Lord , those you teach with your instructions. 13 You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked. 14 The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession. 15 Judgment will again be founded on justice, and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it. 16 Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers? 17 Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave. 18 I cried out, "I am slipping!" but your unfailing love, O Lord , supported me. 19 When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. 20 Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side— leaders whose decrees permit injustice? 21 They gang up against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Blessed: Psalms 119:67, Psalms 119:71, Job 5:17, Proverbs 3:11, 1 Corinthians 11:32, Hebrews 12:5-11

teachest: Job 33:16-25, Micah 6:9, Revelation 3:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 8:5 - as a man 2 Samuel 7:14 - I will 2 Samuel 12:14 - the child 1 Kings 8:36 - thou teach 2 Chronicles 6:27 - when thou hast Job 33:19 - chastened Job 33:23 - an interpreter Job 35:11 - General Job 36:9 - he Job 36:22 - who Psalms 73:14 - For all Psalms 118:18 - chastened Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Jeremiah 6:8 - Be thou Jeremiah 24:5 - them that are carried away captive Jeremiah 31:18 - Thou hast Lamentations 3:27 - bear Hosea 7:15 - bound Habakkuk 3:16 - that I Acts 9:6 - and it James 1:12 - the man James 5:11 - we count

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord,.... Much more happy now, and hereafter, than the proud insulting persecutor of him; he is chastened of the Lord, that he might not be condemned with the world; he is chastened not in wrath, but in love; not with the chastisement of a cruel one, nor indeed of a magistrate nor a master; but of a tenderhearted father, who always does it for his profit and advantage, and therefore is he "blessed", or happy; for these chastenings are tokens of God's love, evidences of sonship, or of a man's being an adopted child of God; are for, and do work for good, either temporal, spiritual, or eternal, and even in every sense; and, besides, the Lord grants his presence in them, supports under them, and teaches by them, as follows:

and teachest him out of thy law; or "doctrine" f; and may be understood of the doctrine of the Gospel, as well as of the law; the Lord teaches by his Spirit, his word, and providences; and, even by afflictive ones, he teaches men their sins and transgressions, and shows them wherein they have exceeded; brings them to a sense and confession of them, repentance and reformation; he teaches them hereby their duty, both to himself and all men, which they have neglected, and departed from; he teaches many lessons of faith, patience, humility, self-denial, and submission to his will in the school of affliction; here they learn much of God, of his power and faithfulness, truth, goodness, grace, and love, and of evangelical doctrines; of his everlasting love, of eternal election, the covenant of grace, the righteousness of Christ, and salvation by him; which the Lord makes known unto them at such seasons, and on which account they are pronounced blessed, or happy persons.

f מתורתך "ex lege", sc. "doctrina verbi tui", Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord - “Happy the man;” or “Oh the blessedness of the man.” See the notes at Psalms 1:1. The word here rendered “chastenest” does not mean to chasten in the sense of afflicting or punishing. It means here to instruct; to warn; to admonish; to exhort. So the word is employed in Proverbs 9:7; Job 4:3; Psalms 16:7. The meaning here is, that the man is blessed or happy whom God so “instructs, warns, or teaches,” that he understands the principles of the divine administration. Such a man will see reasons for confidence in him in trouble, and for calmness of mind until punishment is brought upon his enemies.

And teachest him out of thy law - Causest him, from thy word, to understand the great principles of thy government.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 94:12. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest — תיסרנו teyasserennu, whom thou instructest; and teachest him out of thy law. Two points here are worthy of our most serious regard:

1. God gives knowledge to man: gives him understanding and reason.

2. He gives him a revelation of himself; he places before that reason and understanding his Divine law.

This is God's system of teaching; and the human intellect is his gift, which enables man to understand this teaching. We perhaps may add a third thing here; that as by sin the understanding is darkened, he gives the Holy Spirit to dispel this darkness from the intellect, in order that his word may be properly apprehended and understood. But he gives no new faculty; he removes the impediments from the old, and invigorates it by his Divine energy.


 
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