Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

Commentary Critical and Explanatory

Psalms 94:18

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. Here he explains . The occasion of thy "help" was when I was almost giving way to despair and apostasy. The spiritual slipping of the foot and the upholding mercy of the Lord are vividly typified by Peter's foot sinking through unbelieving fear of the boisterous winds and waves, until Jesus stretched forth His hand and caught him (Matthew 14:30: cf. ). The trial here is inward and the mercy vouchsafed inward (cf. ). The outward deliverance is yet future.

Continues after advertising

See also Psalms 94:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 94:18. _WHEN I SAID, MY FOOT SLIPPETH_] When I found myself so weak and my enemy so strong, that I got _first_ off my guard, and then off my _centre_ of _gravity_, and my fall appeared in...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEN I SAID, MY FOOT SLIPPETH - I can no longer stand. My strength is gone; and I must sink into the grave. The original here is, “If I say, My foot slippeth,” etc. The statement is general; that if a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 94-100 Psalms 94 Prayer for the Execution of the Vengeance of God _ 1. The Prayer on account of the enemy (Psalms 94:1)_ 2. Expostulation with the wicked (Psalms 94:8) 3. The comfort of the...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XCIV. A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE ON OPPRESSIVE RULERS AND FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THEM. Psalms 94:1. The wickedness of the arrogant. The bad rulers here are evidently Jews. They are oppressors, not invaders...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. HELD ME UP. Compare Psalms 91:12....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEN I SAID, MY FOOT SLIPPETH— The _slipping_ or _moving of the foot,_ is an expression which we often meet with, to signify any inevitable danger, as it does here; and it seems to be a metaphor taken...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Psalms 92-97 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Service of Song for a Sabbath Day. ANALYSIS Psalms 92: Personal SongProbably by a King. Psalms 93: Jehovah Proclaimed King. Psalms 94: Prayer for Vengeance on the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is a national Ps., written at a time when Israel was oppressed by foreign enemies. It may be connected either with the days of the exile or with some later period of national distress. The openin...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD, SHOW THAT YOU ARE A GREAT *JUDGE! PSALMS 94 Jesus said, "I am a good *judge. I do not do what I want to do. I obey the words of (God) that sent me". ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִם ־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הוָ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 94:1 THE theme of God the Judge is closely allied to that of God the King, as other psalms of this group show, in which His coming to judge the world is the subject of rapturous praise. This ps...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE LORD OUR DEFENSE AGAINST EVIL-DOERS Psalms 94:6 Let us ponder all the great things that God will do for them that trust Him. He planted the ear, and will detect the sigh, sob, or broken utterance...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The placing of this song immediately after the one which sets forth the fact of the enthronement of Jehovah is remarkable. It creates a contrast, while it suggests a continuity of ideas. The contrast...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    When I said, (l) My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. (l) When I thought there was no way but death....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Psalmist is looking round for help or assistance against the common enemy; but finding none, he looks to the Lord. It is blessed to be stripped of all creature-help and creature-confidence, that w...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    18._If I said, My foot has fallen _What is said in this verse confirms the preceding statement. The more to commend God’s kindness and power, he declares that it was no common danger from which he had...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 94 gives us this cry, which is at the same time the expression of the fullest intelligence of their position, of the dealings of God, of the position of the wicked, and the result about to be p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEN I SAID, MY FOOT SLIPPETH,.... There is no ground for me to stand upon; all is over with me; there is no hope nor help for me; I am just falling into ruin and destruction: such will be the despera...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. Ver. 18. _When I said, My foot slippeth_] I stand on a precipice, and shall be down, _Hypotyposis est._ Thy mercy, O Lord, held me] I ha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 stretch...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    When I said, in a complaint and prayer to tile Lord, MY FOOT SLIPPETH, when there was danger of his falling as a result of the enemy's oppression, THY MERCY, O LORD, HELD ME UP, sustaining him in the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST TYRANTS IN THE CHURCH. The psalmist, whose name is not given, appeals to God in view of the oppression of the adversaries, who included not only the enemies from without, but also the tyrants...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MY FOOT SLIPPETH; I am now upon the point of falling into mischief and utter destruction....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 94:18 say H559 (H8804) foot H7272 slips H4131 (H8804) mercy H2617 LORD H3068 up H5582 ...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Let us read this evening the ninety-fourth Psalm, and may the Spirit of God instruct us while we read it! Psalms 94:1. _O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, sh...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This is the prayer of a man of God in great trouble, standing out for God in an evil day, when the Lord's people were greatly oppressed, and the honour of God was being trampled in the mire. The praye...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: An appeal to God to appear for His people against His and their enemies. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There is a God to whom vengeance belongs who will certainly call enemies to...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm was written under great oppression, in a time of war, but it bears no marks of being written in Babylon, for then they had no hope to rise against the wicked: Psalms 94:16. Psalms 94:6. _Th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth. .. show Thyself._ PERSECUTORS AND THEIR VICTIMS I. The awful condition of the wicked persecutor. The persecutors referred to (Psalms 94:1) are represented as...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy mercy, O Lord, held me up._ A COMMON INCIDENT OF THE JOURNEY The soul in peril can seldom say much, but that which is said is generally expressive. Take, for exam...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 94:1. This is a community lament, written for a time when the wicked not only exult (v. Psalms 94:3) but also oppress the faithful (many of wh

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “There is no superscription to this Psalm. There is no indication of its authorship, of the period at which it was written, or of the circumstances to which it refers. There are many of t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm is primarily (Psalms 94:1) a "cry for vengeance on Israel's oppressors, passing into an appeal for more faith to God's own people" (Cheyne). In the latter half (Psalms 94:12) the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth (Psalms 94:1); Now, it's hard for us to remember that. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" (Romans 12:19). So often we try to take vengeance ourse...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:5; 1 Samuel 2:9; Isaiah 41:10; John 12:5; Luke 22:32;...

Continues after advertising