Psalm 94:8 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 94:8

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

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Divine retribution certain. The psalm may be distributed under the following heads. I. A PRAYER FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF WICKED OPPRESSORS . ( Psalms 94:1 , Psalms 94:2 .) Probably in anticipation of the Assyrian invasion. II. THE GROUND OF THE PRAYER — THE INSOLENT AND ATHEISTIC SPIRIT OF THEIR CRUEL WORK . ( Psalms 94:3-7 .) They murder the fatherless, and say, "Jehovah seeth not?" III. THE BLINDNESS AND CONTEMPT OF GOD ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people (comp. Psalms 92:6 ). That there were among God's people some so "brutish" as to suppose that God either did not see or did not regard their misdoings, appears also from Psalms 10:11 , Psalms 10:13 . And ye fools, when will ye be wise? When will ye put away your folly, and allow Wisdom to enter into your hearts? She is always crying in the streets: when will ye consent to listen (comp. Proverbs 1:20-23 )? read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:8-10

An argument all should understand. I. ITS NATURE . It is an argument from what we see in ourselves to what exists in God. If God has given to us certain powers, such powers must exist in him. II. ITS FORCE . It is inconceivable that it should be otherwise. A man must have brutalized his soul, and become a fool, not to see this. God is not as man is—the mere employer of force which he does not and cannot create, but he is behind all force, its Creator and Source. III. ITS... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:8-11

The appeal to Israel. The oppressors thought that their conduct would not be observed by God, or would not be taken into account. The psalmist appeals to them not to be so brutish and foolish ( Psalms 94:8 ), and argues, from the first principles of natural theology, that God must see and hear ( Psalms 94:9 ). If he chastises the heathen, why should he not also punish them ( Psalms 94:10 )? read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people - See Psalms 73:22. The meaning here is, “You who are like the brutes; you who see and understand no more of the character and plans of God than the wild beasts of the desert.” The meaning is, that they did not employ their reason in the case; they acted like beasts, regardless of the consequences of their conduct - as if God would treat people as he does the beasts; as if there were no retribution in the future world.And ye fools, when will ye be wise? -... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:8

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:8-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94:8

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