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
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord . The blessedness of chastening appears in Deuteronomy 7:5 ; 2 Samuel 7:14 , 2 Samuel 7:15 ; Job 5:17 ; Psalms 89:32 , Psalms 89:33 ; Proverbs 3:12 ; and is the main point of Elihu's teaching in Job 33:15-30 . It is not, as some have argued, entirely a New Testament doctrine. Unassisted human reason might discover it. Greek poets noted the connection between παθεῖν and μαθεῖν . Our own great dramatist draws upon his... read more
The triumph of the wicked may be the chastening of the righteous. It alters everything when we can see our trouble to be Divine chastening. Look on it as human oppression, the masterfulness of unprincipled magistrates, the persecution of an idolatrous Jezebel, the scheme of those who cherish enmity against the righteous, anti our trouble is hard to bear; everything noble in us rises up to resist. But have a supreme faith in God ; feel sure of his comprehensive ruling; apprehend that he... read more
A strange Beatitude. These verses contain more than this, but all they contain is linked on to this. Therefore consider— I. THE STRANGE BEATITUDE . "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest." Wherein is the blessedness? We reply: 1 . Because of what such chastening often reveals . If he were not really a child of God, he would not endure it; he would start aside and rebel. An infidel told a minister of Christ, who has been stricken with total blindness, that if God served... read more
The blessedness of the righteous . The psalmist proceeds to console and comfort himself by considering in how many ways the righteous man is blessed. 1 . God chastises him. 2 . God teaches him. 3 . God gives him a time of rest. 4 . God never forsakes him. 5 . God judges him righteously. 6 . God helps him against evil doers ( Psalms 94:16 , Psalms 94:17 ). 7 . God upholds him when he is in danger of falling. 8 . God inwardly comforts his soul. read more
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity . Trials and afflictions are means to an end, and the intended end is "rest" and peace. "There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God" ( Hebrews 4:9 ). Until the pit be digged for the wicked (comp. Psalms 9:1 ; Psalms 35:7 , Psalms 35:8 ). read more
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance (comp. Deuteronomy 4:31 ; 1 Samuel 12:22 ; 1 Kings 6:13 ; Isaiah 41:17 ). However long God's chastisements continue (see Psalms 94:3 ), the faithful may be sure that God has not forsaken, and never will forsake, them, since "he forsaketh not his saints, but they are preserved forever" ( Psalms 37:28 ). The promise is made equally to the faithful individuals ("his saints") and to faithful Churches... read more
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord - “Happy the man;” or “Oh the blessedness of the man.” See the notes at Psalms 1:1. The word here rendered “chastenest” does not mean to chasten in the sense of afflicting or punishing. It means here to instruct; to warn; to admonish; to exhort. So the word is employed in Proverbs 9:7; Job 4:3; Psalms 16:7. The meaning here is, that the man is blessed or happy whom God so “instructs, warns, or teaches,” that he understands the principles of the... read more
That thou mayest give him rest - Mayest make his mind quiet and calm; mayest save him from murmuring, from despondency, from impatience, by just confidence in thee, and in thy government.From the days of adversity - Or, in the days of evil; the time of calamity and trouble. That his mind may then be composed and calm.Until the pit be digged for the wicked - Until the wicked be punished; that is, while the preparations are going on, or while God seems to delay punishment, and the wicked are... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23
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