Psalm 94

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:19

In the multitude of my thoughts within me; rather, my various thoughts, "my busy thoughts." Sarappim (as Dr. Kay observes) "are anxious, perplexing, branchings of thoughts," such as continually vex faithful yet doubting souls. Thy comforts delight my soul. Internal comfort is given by God himself to the perplexed and troubled in spirit, whereby they are "delighted," or, rather, "soothed and solaced." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:19

The throng of our thoughts. It is not difficult to see how the experiences which are more or less plainly referred to in this psalm should produce a "multitude of thoughts." The text reminds us that— I. THOUGHTS COME IN THRONGS . To one standing on the golden gallery that surmounts the dome of St. Paul's in London, and looking down on the streets below, the sight of the thronging multitudes of people, hastening hither and thither, each intent on his or her own business, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:19

The comfortable thoughts God gives. They are the thoughts God starts in our minds concerning himself. The "multitude of thoughts" here suggest "anxious thoughts," "distractions;" "divided or branching thoughts." Keep before the mind that this psalm was written in some time of personal or national anxiety, which was causing very grave perplexity. Multitude of thoughts, complexity, conflict of thoughts. I. OUR MULTITUDE OF THOUGHTS . A suitable and suggestive term. A true... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee? The interrogative is here, as so often, an emphatic negative. By "the throne of iniquity" is meant iniquity in high places, wickedness enthroned upon the judgment seat, and thence delivering its unjust sentences. Oppressors in Israel made a large use of the machinery of the law to crush and ruin their victims (see Isaiah 1:23 ; Isaiah 10:1 , Isaiah 10:2 ; Amos 5:7 ; Amos 6:12 , etc.). Which frameth mischief by a law; i . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:20

Man's rival law. "Frameth mischief by a law." "Making legislation a means of wrong." The idea is that, in the psalmist's time, the courts of justice were corrupt; and man's law, instead of being in harmony with God's Law, and its expression, had become a rival. It had come to do what God's Law never does. It worked towards injustice and unrighteousness. God's Law is "holy, and the commandment holy and just and good." The thing that seemed so unbearable to the psalmist was, that the tyrants... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:20-23

The destruction of the evil doers . There can be no fellowship between light and darkness—between God and evildoers, especially those who carry out their wicked purposes under the forms of law ( Psalms 94:20 ), and go the length of condemning innocent blood ( Psalms 94:21 ). Such persons God, who defends the righteous ( Psalms 94:22 ), will assuredly bring to utter destruction ( Psalms 94:23 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood . A Messianic allusion is possible, but not necessary. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:22

But the Lord is my Defence; and my God is the Rock of my refuge (comp. Psalms 18:2 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:23

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity . Most manifestly when he makes them fall into their own snare ( Psalms 7:15 ; Psalms 35:8 ; Psalms 57:6 ; Psalms 141:9 , Psalms 141:10 ), but really also whenever he punishes them for their sins. And shall cut them off; or, "destroy," "exterminate" them. In their own wickedness; or, "by their wickedness." The wicked man is often "hoist with his own petard." Yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off. The repetition, like... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94

This psalm, in the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, is entitled “A Psalm of David, for the fourth day of the week.” What is the origin of this title is unknown, as there is nothing corresponding to it in the Hebrew. In the original the psalm is without a title, nor is there anything in the contents of it which will enable us to determine who was the author, or to fix the date or the occasion of its composition. There is in it nothing necessarily inconsistent with the supposition that David was... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:20-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94

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