Psalm 94

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:14

Verse 14 14Surely Jehovah will not cast off his people He enforces the same truth which he had stated above in still clearer terms, denying it to be possible that God should cast off his people, whom he had chosen in a manner to be his inheritance. When assailed by afflictions, we should fly to this consideration, as a sanctuary of refuge, that we are God’s people, gratuitously adopted into his family, and that he must necessarily have a most intimate and tender regard for our safety, having... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:15

Verse 15 15.But judgment will return unto righteousness In the dark season of affliction, it is not easy to recognize the secret love which God even then bears to his own children, and the Psalmist adduces another ground of comfort, in the consideration that God will eventually put an end to the confusions which perplex them, and reduce matters to order. The form of expression used by the Psalmist is a little obscure, and this has led some to read the first part of the verse, as if it contained... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:16

Verse 16 16.Who will rise up for me against my adversaries? Here the Psalmist points out, in a lively and graphic manner, how destitute he was of all human aid. As if at the moment in danger, he cries out — Who will stand up for me? Who will oppose himself to my enemies? And immediately afterwards he replies, that had not God helped him, he must have despaired of safety. In declaring that he had been thus miraculously rescued from death, when deserted by all the world, he commends the more... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:18

Verse 18 18.If I said, My foot has fallen What is said in this verse confirms the preceding statement. The more to commend God’s kindness and power, he declares that it was no common danger from which he had been rescued, but in a manner from present death. The import of the language is, that death stared him so full in view, that he despaired of himself; as Paul speaks of having had the message of death in himself, when his condition was desperate, and he had given up hope of life, (2... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:20

Verse 20 20Shall the throne of iniquities have fellowship with thee? He again derives an argument for confidence from the nature of God, it being impossible that he should show favor to the wicked, or sanction their evil devices. With God for their enemy, how could they escape being destroyed? The words have greater force from being thrown into the form of a question, to show how completely opposed all sin is to the divine nature. The term throne is used, because those against whom the present... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:21

Verse 21 21.They will gather together against the soul of the righteous As the Hebrew word גדד , gadad, or גוד , gud, (39) signifies to collect forces or a band of men, the Psalmist evidently intimates that he had to do with leading persons of influence, and not with those merely in private station. The term implies too, that it was not merely one or two private individuals who persecuted him, and others of the Lord’s people, but a public convention. Melancholy and disgraceful must the state of... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:22

Verse 22 22But Jehovah has been my fortress The Psalmist declares, that great as were the extremities to which he had been reduced, he had found sufficient help in the single protection of God; thus passing a new commendation upon his power, which had been such as alone, and unaided, to put down the mightiest endeavors — all the force and the fury of his numerous enemies. He does more than say that God was a fortress, where he might hide with safety, and from the top of which he could bid... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth (comp. Deuteronomy 32:35 , "To me belongeth vengeance and recompence;" and Jeremiah 51:56 , where God is called "the Lord God of reeompences," as he is here—literally—"the Lord God of vengeances"). O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself; or, "shine forth"—make thy justice to appear; show thyself in thy character of a God who will by no means clear the guilty ( Exodus 34:7 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1

A God of vengeances. Aglen, in Ellicott's 'Commentary,' proposes to render, "God of retributions, Jehovah, God of retributions, shine forth." The idea in the term "vengeances" would be better expressed by the term "avengements." God is thought of as the great Goel-Avenger of his oppressed and afflicted people, and therefore the One to whom appeal should be made in any particular time of distress. The word "vengeance" includes the idea of heated personal feeling. The word "avengement" sets... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-7

The cry for vengeance. Israel is suffering oppression—not, however, from foreign enemies, but from domestic tyrants ( Psalms 94:4-6 ). Innocent blood is shed; the widow and the orphan are trodden down. God, it is supposed, will not see or will not regard ( Psalms 94:7 ). The psalmist, therefore, cries out to God to manifest himself by taking signal vengeance on the evil doers ( Psalms 94:1 , Psalms 94:2 ). read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-7

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