Psalm 94:5-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 94:1-11

In these verses we have, I. A solemn appeal to God against the cruel oppressors of his people, Ps. 94:1, 2. This speaks terror enough to them, that they have the prayers of God's people against them, who cry day and night to him to avenge them of their adversaries; and shall he not avenge them speedily? Luke 18:3, 7. Observe here, 1. The titles they give to God for the encouraging of their faith in this appeal: O God! to whom vengeance belongeth; and thou Judge of the earth. We may with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:5

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord ,.... Not the Israelites, as Kimchi; but the church of Christ, by their anathemas, cruel edicts, and persecutions; by confiscating their goods, imprisoning their persons, putting them to cruel deaths; and by such means think to "wear out" the saints of the most High, the Lord's covenant and peculiar people; which is mentioned as an aggravation of their sin, and as an argument with the Lord to arise on their behalf: and afflict thine heritage ; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:6

They slay the widow and the stranger ,.... Who are so both in a literal and figurative sense, such who are weak and feeble, helpless and friendless; or who are deprived of their faithful pastors, who were as husbands and fathers to them, and who profess themselves pilgrims and strangers here; these the followers of the man of sin have inhumanly put to death, supposing they did God good service: and murder the fatherless ; having slain the parents in a cruel and barbarous manner, murder... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:7

Yet they say, the Lord shall not see ,.... The blood they shed, the murders they commit, the mischief they do, the wickedness they are guilty of, so flattering themselves with impunity; such atheism reigns at Rome, but God sees all their abominations, and he will let them know one day that he does behold them; see Psalm 10:10 , neither shall the God of Jacob regard it ; the same as before; this title of "the God of Jacob" may be considered either as put in by the psalmist, as an... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:5

They break in pieces thy people - This was true af the Babylonians. Nehuchadnezzar slew many; carried the rest into captivity; ruined Jerusalem; overturned the temple; sacked, pillaged, and destroyed all the country. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:6

They slay the widow - Nebuchadnezzar carried on his wars with great cruelty. He carried fire and sword every where; spared neither age, sex, nor condition. The widow, the orphan, and the stranger, persons in the most desolate condition of life, were not distinguished from others by his ruthless sword. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:7

The Lord shall not see - This was either the language of infidelity or insult. Indeed, what could the Babylonians know of the true God? They might consider him as the God of a district or province, who knew nothing and did nothing out of his own territories. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:5

Verse 5 5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah! Having spoken of their discourse or language as vain-glorious and shameless, he proceeds to speak of their deeds, in cruelly persecuting the Church. It is hard that even the subjects of heathen princes should be subjected to unjust persecution, but a more intolerable thing still, that those who are God’s own people, his peculiar inheritance, should be trampled under the foot of tyranny. The prayer before us is one which, as I have already... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:7

Verse 7 7.And they have said, God shall not see When the Psalmist speaks of the wicked as taunting God with blindness and ignorance, we are not to conceive of them as just exactly entertaining this imagination of him in their hearts, but they despise his judgments as much as if he took no cognisance of human affairs. Were the truth graven upon men’s hearts that they cannot elude the eye of God, this would serve as a check and restraint upon their conduct. When they proceed to such audacity in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 94:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-7

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