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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:1-4

Psalms 94:1-4. O God, to whom vengeance belongeth To whom, as the supreme Judge of the world, the patron and protector of the righteous, and the declared enemy of all wickedness and wicked men, and to whom alone it belongs to take revenge on those who oppress thy people when they should protect them; show thyself Make thy justice conspicuous, by speedily avenging thine elect, and rendering a recompense to their enemies. Lift up thyself To punish thy proud enemies. Be exalted in thine... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94:0 God the judge of allThe psalmist, tired of the oppression caused by the proud and the wicked, calls for a fitting divine punishment on all those who oppose God and his ways (1-3). They brutally crush the poor and the helpless, thinking that God does not see them (4-7). How foolish of them. They forget that God is the one who made them. He knows what they are and what they do. He controls their destinies and will punish them for their wrongdoing (8-11).God does not desert the godly... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 94:1

LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . GOD. Hebrew El. App-4 . Note the Figure of speech Anaphora ( App-6 ) in this verse. shew Thyself = shine forth. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 94:1

PSALM 94ISRAEL CRIES OUT FOR GOD TO JUDGE THE WORLDWe are unable to assign either a date or an occasion for this psalm; the author is also unknown. Apparently, the sufferings of Israel in view here were not the result of oppression by a foreign power, but due to the gross wickedness of Israel's own government. If so, then the times either of Zedekiah or Manasseh would have been suitable for such a complaint as this.As proposed by Delitzsch, there are six paragraphs in the psalm.Amos had... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 94:1

Psalms 94:0. The prophet, calling for justice, complaineth of tyranny and impiety: he teacheth God's providence: he sheweth the blessedness of affliction. God is the defender of the afflicted. THE later Greeks ascribe this psalm to David; and indeed it is an exact description of the courtiers of Saul; who abused their authority to all manner of oppression and violence, especially against David, without any fear of God, or thoughts that he would call them to any account; as he complains in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94:1

1, 2. God's revenge is His judicial infliction of righteous punishment. show thyself—(Compare Margin). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:1-3

The writer besought the Lord, as the Judge of the earth, to punish the wicked, who were boasting and rejoicing because they were getting away with oppressing the righteous. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94This psalm, which begins as a national lament (Psalms 94:1-15) and ends as an individual lament (Psalms 94:16-23), calls on God to avenge the righteous whom the wicked oppress unjustly. It manifests faith in the justice of God. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:1-23

This is a national Ps., written at a time when Israel was oppressed by foreign enemies. It may be connected either with the days of the exile or with some later period of national distress. The opening vv. appeal to God to show Himself as judge of the earth (Psalms 94:1-2). The misdeeds of the oppressors are next described (Psalms 94:3-7), and a rebuke is addressed to certain Israelites who were tempted to give up their faith in God (Psalms 94:8-11). The next vv. speak of the blessings of... read more

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