Psalm 94

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:14

The Lord will not cast off his people - Though they are now suffering under a grievous and oppressive captivity, yet the Lord hath not utterly cast them off. They are his inheritance, and he will again restore them to their own land. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:15

But judgment shall return unto righteousness - If we read יושב yosheb , shalt sit, for ישוב yashub , shall return, which is only placing the ו vau before the ש shin instead of after it, we have the following sense: Until the just one shall sit in judgment, and after him all the upright in heart. Cyrus has the epithet צדק tsedek , the just one, in different places in the Prophet Isaiah. See Isaiah 41:2 , Isaiah 41:10 ; Isaiah 45:8 ; Isaiah 51:5 . It was Cyrus who... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:16

Who will rise up for me - Who is he that shall be the deliverer of thy people? Who will come to our assistance against these wicked Babylonians? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:17

Unless the Lord had been my help - Had not God in a strange manner supported us while under his chastising hand, we had been utterly cut off. My soul had almost dwelt in silence - The Vulgate has in inferno, in hell or the infernal world; the Septuagint, τῳ ᾁδῃ , in the invisible world. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:18

When I said, My foot slippeth - When I found myself so weak and my enemy so strong, that I got first off my guard, and then off my center of gravity, and my fall appeared inevitable: - Thy mercy, O Lord, held me up - יסעדני yisadeni , propped me. It is a metaphor taken from any thing falling, that is propped, shored up, or buttressed. How often does the mercy of God thus prevent the ruin of weak believers, and of those who have been unfaithful! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:19

In the multitude of my thoughts - Of my griefs, ( dolorum , Vulgate); my sorrows, ( οδυνων , Septuagint). According to the multitude of my trials and distresses, have been the consolations which thou hast afforded me. Or, While I have been deeply meditating on thy wondrous grace and mercy, Divine light has broken in upon my soul, and I have been filled with delight. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity - No wicked king, judge, or magistrate shall ever stand in thy presence. No countenance shall such have from thy grace or providence. Which frameth mischief - Devise, plan, and execute, as if they acted by a positive law, and were strictly enjoined to do what they so much delighted in. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:21

They gather themselves together - In every thing that is evil, they are in unity. The devil, his angels, and his children, all join and draw together when they have for their object the destruction of the works of the Lord. But this was particularly the case with respect to the poor Jews among the Babylonians: they were objects of their continual hatred, and they labored for their destruction. This and the following verses have been applied to our Lord, and the treatment he met with both... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:22

The rock of my refuge - Alluding to those natural fortifications among rocks, which are frequent in the land of Judea. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:23

Shall cut them off - This is repeated, to show that the destruction of the Babylonians was fixed and indubitable: and in reference to the Jews, the persecutors and murderers of our Lord and his apostles, it was not less so. Babylon is totally destroyed; not even a vestige of it remains. The Jews are no longer a nation; they are scattered throughout the world, and have no certain place of abode. They do not possess even one village on the face of the earth. The last verse is thus translated... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:23

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