Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Psalms 94:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Quick Meaning
Psalm 94:20: Inside “How long until the judge confronts oppression?: The LORD becomes the threatened speaker's refuge,” “Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth…” raises a real poetic question instead of supplying a detached answer.
Read It With
- Psalms 94:16–23
- Psalms 94:1–23
Read Psalms 94:20 with 94:16–23 and 94:1–23. Read alone, “Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief…” could lose the communal voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 94:16–23, the communal voice carries the movement “The LORD becomes the threatened speaker's refuge” as part of “How long until the judge confronts oppression?.” Its communal-lament-imprecation form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 94:16–23 contrasts with “The creator who hears also instructs” within Psalm 94 by carrying “The LORD becomes the threatened speaker's refuge.” The turn from “But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it” to “Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the…” explains why this movement occurs here. Within that relationship, Psalm 94:20 poses the poem's question through “Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a…” and leaves the surrounding lines to answer, intensify, or hold it open.
What Remains True
Book IV gives Psalm 94:20 a larger home, while “The LORD becomes the threatened speaker's refuge” supplies its immediate one. Psalm 94:20 poses the poem's question through “Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a…” and leaves the surrounding lines to answer, intensify, or hold it open. Therefore, Confession seeks mercy and changed life while preserving truth, consequences, restitution, safeguarding, and the dignity of people harmed. The local movement is “The LORD becomes the threatened speaker's refuge.” The unit's reviewed limit is: The poem names systemic violence and appeals to divine justice; it does not authorize torture, revenge, or partisan demonization.
How It Can Shape Life
- Start with the line's work inside “How long until the judge confronts oppression?: The LORD becomes the threatened speaker's refuge”—Psalm 94:20 poses the poem's question through “Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a…” and leaves the surrounding lines to answer, intensify, or hold it open. Then name what “Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief…” confesses, seek mercy without minimizing injury, and ask what truth, repair, consequence, and protection now require.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Psalms 94:16–23 — How long until the judge confronts oppression?: The LORD becomes the threatened speaker's refugeSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 94:16–23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 94:16–23
Open the fixed Hebrew Psalms file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Psalms 1-150
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, current official online edition
Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 94:16–23.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 94 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 94:16–23
Open the official NET Psalms notes ↗