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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 94:4

Utter; or, pour forth freely, constantly, abundantly, as a fountain doth waters, as this Hebrew word signifies. Hard things; grievous, and insolent, and intolerable words against thee and thy people; blasphemous, malicious, contemptuous, and minatory words. Boast themselves; boast of their invincible power, and prosperous success in their wicked designs. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

INTRODUCTION“There is no superscription to this Psalm. There is no indication of its authorship, of the period at which it was written, or of the circumstances to which it refers. There are many of these anonymous hymns in God’s Book, nameless utterances, voices of the night of weeping, shouts from the mountain tops of thought, prayers unto the God of Life, which belong to no individual, can be fathered on no solitary period, but descend as an heirloom to successive ages, and enrich every... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94:1-23 :O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth ( Psalms 94:1 );Now, it's hard for us to remember that. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" ( Romans 12:19 ). So often we try to take vengeance ourselves against the evil that is done to us. So often we say or hear said, "I'll get even with him," as though it is our place to take vengeance.But LORD God, vengeance belongeth to thee ( Psalms 94:1 ),But he said now,show yourself ( Psalms 94:1 ).And take vengeance, Lord.Lift up... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:1-23

This psalm was written under great oppression, in a time of war, but it bears no marks of being written in Babylon, for then they had no hope to rise against the wicked: Psalms 94:16. Psalms 94:6 . They slay the widow, and the stranger, and the fatherless; that is, the rich and the landed interest, having frittered away the jubilee to little more than a name, would not allow the destitute more than half bread. Our land proprietors do the same, in many parts of this kingdom; they force the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94:1-23O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth . . . show Thyself.Persecutors and their victimsI. The awful condition of the wicked persecutor. The persecutors referred to (Psalms 94:1-10) are represented as “proud,” speaking “hard things,” as “workers of iniquity,” as “breaking in pieces” the people of God, as “slaying the widow and the stranger,” and “murdering the fatherless.” Every age and country has abounded with such oppressors, they are rife even in this land of liberty.1. They... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 94:4

Psalms 94:4 [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Ver. 4. How long shall they utter ] Heb. They will bluster (or well-out, as a fountain), they will speak hard things (speak millstones, throw daggers), they will boast themselves (talk largely of their good parts and practices); all this is expressed by an elegant asyndeton, a to show that they did all this ordinarily and incessantly. Aκολαστον εχοντες γλωσσαν, αισχιστην νοσον... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 94:4

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-Judges :, Psalms 52:1, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 15:10, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Isaiah 10:13-Ezra :, 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... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 94:4

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?Utter — Or pour forth freely, constantly, abundantly, as a fountain doth waters (so this Hebrew word signifies.) Hard things - Insolent, and intolerable words against thee and thy people. read more