The Bible: Psalms Chapter 94: with Audio and Commentary.

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Psalms Chapter 94

1 LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

3 LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

5 They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.

6 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

7 They say, "The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."

8 Consider, you senseless amongst the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,

13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 For judgement will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

18 When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.

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Psalms Chapter 94 Guide

The placing of this song immediately after the one which sets forth the fact of the enthronement of Jehovah is remarkable. It creates a contrast, while it suggests a continuity of ideas. The contrast is seen in the fact that while the previous psalm celebrates the victory of Jehovah over all opposition, this one is an appeal to Him out of circumstances in which His enemies seem to triumph. The continuity of ideas is however, equally apparent.

To who should His own turn in times of such distress, save to the One Who sits high above the force and fury of the flood?

The psalm has three main movements. First, an appeal to Jehovah the Mighty, in the presence of the triumph of the wicked (vv. Psalms 94:1-7). This is followed by an address to such as are doubting because of apparent inactivity of God. They are reminded that God hears, sees, and must act (vv. Psalms 94:8-11). Finally, the song again becomes a prayer in which faith makes its great affirmations. The period of waiting is one of blessed chastening. Jehovah cannot ultimately cast off His people. Past experience testifies to this. The wrong of those apparently victorious enemies makes it impossible to believe that they can have fellowship with God. Therefore, the final words tell of the psalmist’s confidence.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Psalms Chapter 94 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. The danger and folly of persecutors. -- (1-11)
  2. Comfort and peace to the persecuted. -- (12-23)

Verses 1-11

We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who judges righteously. These prayers are prophecies, which speak terror to the sons of violence. There will come a day of reckoning for all the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against God, his truths, and ways, and people. It would hardly be believed, if we did not witness it, that millions of rational creatures should live, move, speak, hear, understand, and do what they purpose, yet act as if they believed that God would not punish the abuse of his gifts. As all knowledge is from God, no doubt he knows all the thoughts of the children of men, and knows that the imaginations of the thoughts of men's hearts are only evil, and that continually. Even in good thoughts there is a want of being fixed, which may be called vanity. It concerns us to keep a strict watch over our thoughts, because God takes particular notice of them. Thoughts are words to God.

Verses 12-23

That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are beholden, not only to God's power, but to his pity, for spiritual supports; and if we have been kept from falling into sin, or shrinking from our duty, we should give him the glory, and encourage our brethren. The psalmist had many troubled thoughts concerning the case he was in, concerning the course he should take, and what was likely to be the end of it. The indulgence of such contrivances and fears, adds to care and distrust, and renders our views more gloomy and confused. Good men sometimes have perplexed and distressed thoughts concerning God. But let them look to the great and precious promises of the gospel. The world's comforts give little delight to the soul, when hurried with melancholy thoughts; but God's comforts bring that peace and pleasure which the smiles of the world cannot give, and which the frowns of the world cannot take away. God is his people's Refuge, to whom they may flee, in whom they are safe, and may be secure. And he will reckon with the wicked. A man cannot be more miserable than his own wickedness will make him, if the Lord visit it upon him.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.