The Nugget:
Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. (KJV)
Psa 34:16 Perilous is his frown for the wrong-doers; he will soon make their name vanish from the earth. (Knox translation)
Psa 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer:
Psa 34:16 but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,
Psa 34:17 and delivered them out of all their afflictions. (LXX., Brenton translation)
Psa 34:16 But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. (NET Bible)
Psa 34:16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. (ASV, American Standard Version)
Psa 34:16 but he opposes those who do evil, so that when they die, they are soon forgotten. (GNB, Good News Bible)
Psa 34:16 The LORD confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. (GW, God’s Word translation)
Psa 34:16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth. (BBE, Bible in Basic English)
Psa 34:16 But the LORD is against those who do evil, so they are forgotten soon after they die. (ERV, Easy to Read Version)
Psa 34:16 But God despises evil people, and he will wipe them all from the earth, till they are forgotten. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)
My Comment:
If you personally have ever been the victim of those who do evil, you will recall what an uncomfortable experience that is. I have frequently been harassed and bullied from the time I was in elementary school right up and through the time I was a public school teacher in Detroit. It is no fun and leaves me with very unpleasant memories. As a teacher I was well-respected and appreciated by my own students and I have fond memories of some of them. I was bothered by students who were “hall wandering” instead of attending their classes. “Hall wandering” students were intent on disturbing my classes. I blame that on some ineffective school administrators who did little to remedy the problem at the time. I am thankful for the excellent administrators who did all they could to assist me.
When I became a teacher I did not tolerate bullying behavior in my classroom. The Bible clearly teaches that God does not tolerate the evil behavior or actions of anyone, especially if such actions are directed against His people, those who believe in Him, or His nation Israel (Genesis 12:3).
If you have ever been cheated, robbed at gunpoint, suffered loss because of thieves, been the victim of assault and battery, been slandered, or been falsely accused, you have been victimized by evil doers. We are not to take vengeance against such individuals (Romans 12:19) but we are encouraged to pray for them (Matthew 5:44).
God promises to punish the evil doer but reward the righteous.
Dig deeper into the subjects mentioned in Psalm 34:16 by reading and studying the cross references shared below from the Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury. I will add additional cross references here that are not given there.
Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psalms 34:16
face. FS22A4, +Gen 19:13. Lev 17:10; Lev 26:17, Jer 44:11,
Ezk 7:22; Ezk 14:7, 8; +Ezk 15:7, Amos 9:4, >1Pe 3:12, Rev 6:16.
against them. T303 (Threats of present and future evils to the disobedient). Psa 10:3; %Psa 31:16; Psa 37:35, 36, +**Gen 6:13 (T566). Lev 20:3, Ezr 8:22, Isa 1:20, Jer 21:10; Jer 23:30, Ezk 14:8, Hab 1:13, +*Mal 3:5, Rom 2:7, 8, 9, 10, +**1Co 6:9; +**1Co 6:10.
that do evil. +**Num 32:23, 1Ch 2:3, Jer 20:13, Ezk 39:23, Rev 21:27.
to cut. Psa 9:5, 6; Psa 10:16; Psa 12:3; **Psa 37:9; Psa 37:10; Psa 37:20; Psa 37:36; Psa 37:38; Psa 109:13; Psa 112:6; Psa 143:12, Rth 4:10, Job 5:15; Job 18:17, *Pro 10:7; *Pro 11:7; %*Pro 14:32, Ecc 8:10, Jer 17:13, Ezk 14:8, +*1Co 6:9; +*1Co 6:10, +*Eph 5:5; Eph 5:6.
the remembrance. Psa 109:15, Job 13:12, Ecc 9:5.