Bible Commentaries
Psalms 94

Introduction

Overview

Psalms 94:1, The prophet, calling for justice, complains of tyranny and impiety; Psalms 94:8, He teaches God’s providence; Psalms 94:12, He shews the blessedness of affliction; Psalms 94:16, God is the defender of the afflicted.

Verse 1

am 3416, bc 588 - Title Dr. Delaney supposes that this Psalm was written by David on occasion of his war with the Ammonites, in consequence of the indignities shewn to his messengers; but it is more probable that it was written to bewail the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.

God, to whom vengeance belongeth: Heb. God of revenges, O God. Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:41, Deuteronomy 32:42, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 59:17, Jeremiah 50:28, Nahum 1:2, Romans 12:19, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 10:30

show thyself: Heb. shine forth, Psalms 80:1

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:25 - avenge Numbers 31:2 - Avenge Judges 5:2 - for the avenging 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge 1 Samuel 25:31 - avenged 1 Samuel 26:10 - the Lord liveth 2 Samuel 18:31 - the Lord 2 Samuel 22:48 - avengeth me 2 Kings 9:7 - I may avenge Psalms 7:6 - lift up Psalms 10:18 - judge Isaiah 34:8 - General Isaiah 47:3 - I will take Jeremiah 50:15 - for it Jeremiah 51:36 - take Jeremiah 51:56 - the Lord Amos 1:7 - I will Romans 3:5 - Is God 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - the Lord Revelation 18:20 - God

Verse 2

Lift: Psalms 7:6, Psalms 68:1, Psalms 74:22, Micah 5:9

thou: Psalms 50:6, Genesis 18:25, John 5:22, John 5:23, 2 Corinthians 5:10

render: Psalms 31:23, Job 40:11, Job 40:12, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 2:17, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 37:29, Isaiah 37:36-38, Jeremiah 50:31, Jeremiah 50:32, Daniel 4:37, Daniel 5:22-24, 1 Peter 5:5, Revelation 18:6-8

Reciprocal: Judges 11:27 - the Judge 1 Samuel 26:10 - the Lord liveth Psalms 10:12 - lift Psalms 74:18 - the foolish Psalms 94:15 - But Isaiah 47:3 - I will take Jeremiah 51:56 - the Lord Romans 3:5 - Is God Hebrews 12:23 - God

Verse 3

Lord: Psalms 43:2, Psalms 73:8, Psalms 74:9, Psalms 74:10, Psalms 79:5, Psalms 80:4, Psalms 89:46, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 12:2, Jeremiah 47:6, Revelation 6:10

the wicked: Esther 5:11, Esther 5:12, Esther 6:6-10, Esther 7:6, Esther 7:10, Job 20:5, Acts 12:22, Acts 12:23

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Job 7:19 - How long Psalms 13:1 - How Psalms 25:2 - let not Psalms 35:17 - how Psalms 94:15 - But Isaiah 6:11 - Lord Lamentations 5:20 - dost Habakkuk 1:2 - how Habakkuk 1:4 - for Habakkuk 2:6 - how

Verse 4

shall: Psalms 31:18, Psalms 59:7, Psalms 59:12, Psalms 64:3, Psalms 64:4, Psalms 73:8, Psalms 73:9, Psalms 140:3, Proverbs 30:14, Jeremiah 18:18, Matthew 12:24, Matthew 12:34, Jude 1:14, Jude 1:15

boast: Psalms 10:2-7, Psalms 52:1, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 15:10, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Isaiah 10:13-15, Isaiah 37:24, Isaiah 37:25, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:11, Daniel 7:25, Daniel 8:11, Daniel 11:36, Daniel 11:37, Revelation 13:5, Revelation 13:6

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:3 - let not arrogancy Psalms 10:3 - boasteth Psalms 13:1 - How Psalms 14:1 - They are Psalms 35:17 - how Jeremiah 12:1 - Wherefore doth Jeremiah 13:27 - wilt Lamentations 5:20 - dost Romans 1:30 - boasters Revelation 6:10 - How

Verse 5

break: Psalms 7:2, Psalms 14:4, Psalms 44:22, Psalms 74:8, Psalms 74:19, Psalms 74:20, Psalms 79:2, Psalms 79:3, Psalms 79:7, Psalms 129:2, Psalms 129:3, Isaiah 3:15, Isaiah 52:5, Jeremiah 22:17, Jeremiah 51:20-23, Jeremiah 51:34, Micah 3:2, Micah 3:3, Revelation 17:6

afflict: Exodus 2:23, Exodus 2:24, Jeremiah 50:11, Revelation 11:3

Reciprocal: Job 34:24 - break Psalms 72:4 - break Psalms 94:14 - forsake Isaiah 5:18 - draw

Verse 6

Isaiah 10:2, Isaiah 13:15-18, Jeremiah 7:6, Jeremiah 22:3, Ezekiel 22:7, Malachi 3:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:22 - General Exodus 23:9 - thou shalt not Deuteronomy 29:19 - that he bless Job 22:9 - widows Proverbs 23:10 - fatherless Ezekiel 22:29 - oppressed 1 Timothy 5:3 - widows

Verse 7

they say: Psalms 10:11-13, Psalms 59:7, Job 22:12, Job 22:13, Isaiah 29:15, Ezekiel 8:12, Ezekiel 9:9, Zephaniah 1:12, Luke 18:3, Luke 18:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:22 - General Numbers 12:2 - And the Deuteronomy 29:19 - that he bless 1 Samuel 2:3 - a God Job 24:15 - No eye Psalms 50:21 - thoughtest Psalms 64:5 - Who Psalms 73:11 - How Psalms 139:11 - Surely Isaiah 47:10 - thou hast said Acts 5:3 - lie to Acts 17:29 - we ought

Verse 8

brutish: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 92:6, Proverbs 12:1, Isaiah 27:11, Jeremiah 8:6-8, Jeremiah 10:8, Romans 3:11

fools: Deuteronomy 32:29, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 8:5, Titus 3:3

Reciprocal: Psalms 5:5 - The Psalms 14:4 - Have Psalms 53:4 - Have Psalms 75:4 - I said Proverbs 6:9 - when Isaiah 1:3 - but Israel Isaiah 29:16 - or shall Jeremiah 5:21 - O foolish Jeremiah 10:14 - man Jeremiah 13:27 - wilt Matthew 23:17 - Ye fools Mark 7:14 - when Mark 8:21 - How Luke 11:40 - fools Ephesians 4:17 - in the James 2:20 - O vain 2 Peter 2:12 - as natural

Verse 9

He that planted: Exodus 4:11, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 20:12

hear: Psalms 11:4, Psalms 17:3, Psalms 44:21, Psalms 139:1-12, Jeremiah 23:23, Jeremiah 23:24

Reciprocal: Psalms 14:4 - Have Isaiah 29:16 - or shall Ezekiel 35:12 - I have heard Luke 11:40 - did John 10:21 - Can 1 Corinthians 12:17 - General

Verse 10

chastiseth: Psalms 9:5, Psalms 10:16, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 135:8-12, Psalms 149:7, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 37:36, Jeremiah 10:25, Ezekiel 39:21

he correct: Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Amos 3:2, Habakkuk 1:12, Habakkuk 3:12

teacheth man: Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 119:66, Job 35:11, Proverbs 2:6, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 28:26, Isaiah 54:13, John 6:45

Reciprocal: Job 36:22 - who Psalms 94:22 - But Ezekiel 35:12 - I have heard Revelation 3:19 - many

Verse 11

Psalms 49:10-13, Job 11:11, Job 11:12, Romans 1:21, Romans 1:22, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 1:25

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:113 - hate Psalms 139:2 - understandest 1 Corinthians 3:20 - the lord

Verse 12

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

Verse 13

mayest: Isaiah 26:20, Isaiah 26:21, Habakkuk 3:16, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 4:18, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 4:9, Revelation 14:13

until the pit: Psalms 9:15, Psalms 55:23, Jeremiah 18:20, Jeremiah 18:22, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 3:3-7, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 6:11, Revelation 11:18

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:14 - I will Psalms 7:15 - and is Psalms 118:18 - chastened Psalms 119:71 - good Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Matthew 11:28 - and I Acts 9:31 - the churches 1 Corinthians 11:32 - we are

Verse 14

For: Psalms 37:28, 1 Samuel 12:22, Isaiah 49:14, Isaiah 49:15, Jeremiah 32:39, Jeremiah 32:40, John 10:27-31, Romans 8:30, Romans 8:38, Romans 8:39, Romans 11:1, Romans 11:2, Hebrews 13:5

forsake: Psalms 94:5, Psalms 34:12, Deuteronomy 32:9, Jeremiah 10:16, Ephesians 1:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 34:9 - take us Leviticus 26:44 - I will Job 8:20 - God Psalms 36:10 - and thy Psalms 37:25 - yet Psalms 43:2 - why dost Isaiah 32:16 - General Isaiah 41:9 - I have chosen Isaiah 41:17 - I the God Isaiah 42:16 - and not Jeremiah 33:24 - The two Jeremiah 51:5 - Israel Lamentations 3:31 - General Luke 12:46 - cut him in sunder

Verse 15

But: Psalms 94:2, Psalms 94:3, Psalms 7:8, Psalms 7:9, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 125:3, Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:36, Job 35:14, Micah 7:9, Malachi 3:18, 2 Peter 3:8-10, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:4

and all: Psalms 37:5-7, Psalms 37:34, Psalms 125:4, Psalms 125:5, Job 17:9, Job 23:11, Job 23:12, James 5:7-11, 1 John 2:19

shall follow it: Heb. shall be after it

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 29:34 - upright Psalms 7:11 - General Psalms 9:8 - General Psalms 11:2 - the upright Psalms 36:10 - and thy Isaiah 28:17 - Judgment Isaiah 32:16 - General Isaiah 51:1 - ye that follow Philippians 3:12 - I follow Hebrews 10:22 - a true Hebrews 12:14 - and holiness

Verse 16

rise up: Exodus 32:26-29, Numbers 25:6-13, Judges 5:23, 1 Kings 18:39, 1 Kings 18:40, 2 Kings 9:32, 2 Kings 10:15, Isaiah 59:16, Isaiah 63:5, Jeremiah 5:1, Ezekiel 22:30, Matthew 12:30, 3 John 1:8

stand up: Nehemiah 5:7, Jeremiah 26:16-19, John 7:50, John 7:51

Verse 17

Unless: Psalms 118:13, Psalms 124:1, Psalms 124:2, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 142:4, Psalms 142:5, John 16:32, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 4:17

almost: or, quickly

dwelt: Psalms 13:3, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 115:17

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:31 - the Lord Hebrews 13:6 - The Lord

Verse 18

My foot: Psalms 17:5, Psalms 37:23, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 38:16, Psalms 119:116, Psalms 119:117, Psalms 121:3, 1 Samuel 2:9, John 12:5, Isaiah 41:10, Luke 22:32, 1 Peter 1:5

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:37 - feet Job 12:5 - ready Psalms 13:2 - take Psalms 26:1 - I shall Psalms 41:12 - thou Psalms 56:13 - wilt Psalms 63:8 - thy Psalms 66:9 - suffereth Psalms 73:2 - steps Psalms 116:8 - and my feet Psalms 119:92 - I should Psalms 145:14 - upholdeth

Verse 19

Psalms 43:2-5, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 63:5, Psalms 63:6, Psalms 73:12-16, Psalms 77:2-10, Jeremiah 20:7-11, Habakkuk 3:16-18, Romans 5:2-5, 2 Corinthians 1:4, 2 Corinthians 1:5, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 1:8

Reciprocal: Psalms 13:2 - take Psalms 119:50 - This Psalms 119:92 - I should Malachi 3:16 - that thought Matthew 1:20 - while

Verse 20

throne: Psalms 52:1, Psalms 82:1, 1 Samuel 22:12, Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Amos 6:3

fellowship: 2 Chronicles 6:14-16, Isaiah 1:11-20, Jeremiah 7:4-11, John 18:28, 1 John 1:5, 1 John 1:6

frameth: Psalms 58:2, 1 Kings 12:32, Esther 3:6-12, Isaiah 10:1, Daniel 3:4-7, Daniel 6:7-9, Micah 6:16, John 9:22, John 11:57, Revelation 13:15-17

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - come Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Psalms 5:4 - evil Psalms 47:8 - throne Psalms 56:7 - escape Psalms 140:8 - Grant not Jeremiah 22:30 - sitting Ezekiel 33:26 - and shall Daniel 2:13 - the decree Daniel 3:10 - hast made Daniel 6:15 - Know Amos 6:12 - for Habakkuk 1:4 - for Matthew 26:3 - assembled Matthew 26:59 - sought John 7:24 - General John 8:15 - judge John 19:13 - and sat Acts 16:37 - They have Acts 23:3 - for Acts 26:12 - with Ephesians 5:11 - no 2 Thessalonians 1:6 - General

Verse 21

gather: Psalms 2:1-3, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 59:3, Proverbs 1:11, Proverbs 1:16, Matthew 27:1, Acts 4:5-7, Acts 4:27, Acts 4:28

condemn: Exodus 23:7, 1 Kings 21:19, Proverbs 17:15, Jeremiah 26:15, Ezekiel 22:6, Ezekiel 22:12, Ezekiel 22:27, Matthew 23:32-36, Acts 7:52, Acts 7:58-60, James 5:6, Revelation 17:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:18 - conspired Genesis 49:6 - come Deuteronomy 19:10 - General Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Job 16:10 - gathered Psalms 56:7 - escape Psalms 140:8 - Grant not Ecclesiastes 3:16 - General Isaiah 5:23 - take Isaiah 10:1 - them Jeremiah 22:3 - neither Ezekiel 33:26 - and shall Daniel 6:15 - Know Amos 6:12 - for Habakkuk 1:4 - for Matthew 12:7 - condemned Matthew 26:3 - assembled Matthew 26:59 - sought John 7:24 - General John 8:15 - judge John 19:13 - and sat Acts 26:12 - with Ephesians 5:11 - no

Verse 22

But: Psalms 94:10, Psalms 27:1-3, Psalms 59:9, Psalms 59:16, Psalms 59:17, Psalms 62:2, Psalms 62:6

the rock: Psalms 18:2, Isaiah 33:16

Reciprocal: Psalms 31:2 - my strong rock Psalms 62:7 - rock Ecclesiastes 3:16 - General

Verse 23

And he: Psalms 7:16, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 64:8, Esther 7:10, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 2:22, Proverbs 5:22, Daniel 7:24

cut them: Psalms 12:3, 1 Samuel 26:10, 1 Samuel 26:11, Proverbs 14:32, Ezekiel 18:24, Daniel 9:26

Reciprocal: Judges 9:56 - God rendered Psalms 9:15 - General Psalms 34:21 - Evil Psalms 73:18 - thou castedst Psalms 139:19 - Surely Psalms 140:9 - let the mischief