Psalm 94:6-23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:5-7

Psalms 94:5-7. They afflict thy heritage Those righteous persons whom thou hast chosen for thy portion or inheritance. They slay the widow, &c. Whom common humanity obliged them to spare, pity, and relieve. Yet they say, The Lord shall not see Their meeting with impunity and prosperity in their impious and barbarous practices makes them ready to doubt, or to deny, the providence of God in the government of his church and of the world. Neither doth the God of Jacob regard it Though... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:8-9

Psalms 94:8-9. Understand, ye brutish Hebrew, בערים , bognarim; ye who are governed by your lusts and appetites, as the word signifies; who have only the shape, but not the understanding, reason, or judgment of men in you, or are not directed and governed thereby; who, though you think yourselves the wisest of men, yet, in truth, are the most brutish of all people; he that planted the ear The word planted (Hebrew, נשׂע , notang) is very emphatical, signifying the excellent structure... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:10

Psalms 94:10. He that chastiseth Or, He that instructeth, or teacheth, or reproveth (as the word יסר , jasar, often signifies, and is rendered Proverbs 9:7; Isaiah 8:11, &c.) the heathen, the Gentiles, or nations of the world: not only the Jews, but all other people, all mankind, as the next clause explains it; shall not he correct? He who, when he pleases, can and does punish the nations of the world, is he not able to punish you for your wicked speeches and actions? Or, ... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:11

Psalms 94:11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man This is an answer to the foregoing question, Shall not he know? Yes, he knoweth all things, yea, even the most secret things, as the thoughts of men; and in particular your thoughts, and much more your practices, which you supposed he did not see, Psalms 94:6-7. And he knows that they are generally vain and foolish; and that, while you applaud yourselves in such thoughts, you do not benefit, but only delude yourselves with them. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:12-13

Psalms 94:12-13. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest Not he that prospers in his wickedness is happy, but he whom the Lord chasteneth when he acts amiss, and thereby teaches to study and obey his law with the greater care and diligence. That thou mayest give him rest, &c. For the present and short troubles of the righteous prepare them for, and lead them to, true rest and blessedness, while the seeming felicity of the wicked makes way for those tremendous judgments which God hath... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:14-15

Psalms 94:14-15. The Lord will not cast off his people Though he may for a time correct, yet he will not utterly destroy, his true and obedient people, as he will their enemies, but will, in due time, put an end to all their calamities. But judgment shall return unto righteousness Although the world is now full of unrighteous judgments, and even God himself seems not to judge and administer things justly, because he suffers his people to be oppressed, and the wicked to triumph over them,... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:16

Psalms 94:16. Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Have I any friend that, in love to me, will appear for me? Hath justice any friend that, in a pious indignation at unrighteousness, will plead my injured cause? He looked, but there was none to save, there was none to uphold. On the side of the oppressor there was power, and therefore the oppressed had no comforter. God alone helped him, as he says in the next verse. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:18

Psalms 94:18. When I said, My foot slippeth I am now upon the point of falling into mischief and utter destruction; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up A merciful, gracious, and powerful hand was immediately stretched out to support my steps, and establish my goings. Observe, reader, we are beholden, not only to God’s power but to his pity, for spiritual supports, and we are then prepared to receive those supports, when we are sensible of our own weakness and inability to stand by our own... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:19

Psalms 94:19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me While my heart is filled with various and perplexing thoughts, as the original word signifies, and tormented with cares and fears about my future state; thy comforts delight my soul Thy promises, contained in thy word, and the remembrance of my former experience of thy care and kindness to me, afford me such consolation as revives my dejected mind. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:20

Psalms 94:20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee? Wilt thou take part with the unrighteous powers of the world, who oppress thy people? Wilt thou countenance and support these tyrants in their wickedness? We know thou wilt not; but wilt manifest thy justice and displeasure against them. A throne has fellowship with God, when it is a throne of justice, and answers the end of its being erected; for by him kings reign; and when they reign for him their judgments are his,... read more

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