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Matthew Henry

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 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people ,.... Or the most brutish and stupid of all people; especially that profess themselves to be the people of God, or Christians, as the Papists do; and who seem to be the persons here addressed: "brutish"; to murder the servants of the Lord, and drink their blood, till inebriated with it; stupid to the last degree to think that hereby they did God good service: hence the pope, the head of them, is represented both in his secular and ecclesiastical power... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:9

He that planted the ear ,.... In the human body, with so much art and skill, in so convenient a place, so capacious of receiving sounds, and fitted it with organs suited for such a purpose: shall he not hear ? the atheism spoke in the heart, in the actions and by the mouths of such blasphemers of him; the hard speeches spoken against his Son, his person and offices; and against his Spirit, his being, and operations; and against his people, the saints of the most High; in short, all those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:10

He that chastiseth the Heathen ,.... As he did the old world, by bringing a flood upon it, and sweeping away its inhabitants at once; and Sodom and Gomorrah, by raining fire and brimstone upon them, and consuming them from off the earth; and the old inhabitants of Canaan, by ejecting them out of their land for their abominations, with other similar instances: shall he not correct ? such audacious wretches, guilty of such atrocious crimes, such horrid murders, and gross atheism? certainly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:11

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man ,.... He not only hears their words, and sees their actions; but he knows their thoughts, the secret thoughts of their hearts, though he is afar off from them, and, they from him; he is the searcher of the hearts and trier of the reins of the children of men; see Psalm 139:2 , and so is Christ, who is the omniscient God, and is the Jehovah all along spoken to and of in this psalm; he knows the thoughts of men, and is a critical discerner of them, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:8

Understand, ye brutish - These are the same expressions as in Psalm 92:6 ; (note), on which see the note. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:9

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? - This is allowed to be an unanswerable mode of argumentation. Whatever is found of excellence in the creature, must be derived from the Creator, and exist in him in the plenitude of infinite excellence. God, says St. Jerome, is all eye, because he sees all; he is all hand, because he does all things; he is all foot, for he is every where present. The psalmist does not say, He that planted the ear, hath he not an ear? He that formed the eye, hath... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:10

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? - You, who are heathens, and heathens of the most abandoned kind. He that teacheth man knowledge - We here supply shall not he know? But this is not acknowledged by the original, nor by any of the Versions. Indeed it is not necessary; for either the words contain a simple proposition, "It is he who teacheth man knowledge," or this clause should be read in connection with Psalm 94:11 ; : "Jehovah, who teacheth man knowledge,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:8

Verse 8 8Understand, ye stupid among the people As it was execrable impiety to deny God to be Judge of the earth, the Psalmist severely reprimands their folly in thinking to elude his government, and even succeed by artifices in escaping his view. The expression, stupid among the people, is stronger than had he simply condemned them as foolish. It rendered their folly more inexcusable, that they belonged to the posterity of Abraham, of whom Moses said, “What people is there so great, who have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:10

Verse 10 10.He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct? He would have them argue from the greater to the less, that if God did not spare even whole nations, but visits their iniquity with punishment, they could not imagine that he would suffer a mere handful of individuals to escape with impunity. The comparison intended, however, may possibly be between the Gentiles and the Jews. If God punished the heathen nations, who had not heard his word, with much severity, the Jews might... read more

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