He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? - Can He give these faculties to others, and yet all the while not possess them Himself? Nay, He must and does hear the infidel's scoff, and His people's sighs and groans.
Verse 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...
HE THAT PLANTED THE EAR - He that made the ear. The word here used in the original is a participle. “Shall not he planting the ear;” that is, the “planter” of the ear. The idea seems to have been take...
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...
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...
PLANTED THE EAR. Consult works on physiology for the wonders of this expression....
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...
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...
10. These vv. form an argument for the knowledge and effectual government of God....
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". ...
(8-10) The reality of a Divine Providence is proved both from nature and history — from the physical constitution of man and the moral government of the world. The psalmist’s question is as powerful a...
הֲ נֹ֣טַֽע אֹ֖זֶן הֲ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם
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...
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...
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...
He that (f) planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? (f) He shows that it is impossible, but God should hear, see, and understand their wickedness....
Provocation, ( irritatione.) Roman Breviary exacerbatione. Hebrew meriba, "contradiction," (St. Jerome; Haydock) at Raphidim; (Exodus xvii. 7.) unless this be styled temptation, ( Massa) and the forme...
This is a beautiful appeal to the oppressor. In the contemplation of the divine perfections, the oppressed believer points out how impossible it is for the wicked to escape the all-seeing eye and almi...
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...
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 N...
_He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?_ Ver. 9. _He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?_] Shall the author of these senses be senseless? Our God i...
_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 m...
He that planted the ear, giving it its position and causing it to function as one of the senses of the body, SHALL HE NOT HEAR? Would the wicked actually be so dense as to think that this Creator of t...
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...
1-11 We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who...
PLANTED: the word is very emphatical, signifying the excellent structure of the ear, or the several organs or instruments belonging to the sense of hearing, and the exact position and firm settlement...
Psalms 94:9 planted H5193 (H8802) ear H241 hear H8085 (H8799) formed H3335 (H8802) eye H5869 see...
Psalms 94:9 We know what the eye and ear of man are, what it is to have the eye or ear of a friend near to us, or the eye and the ear of a master watching over us. What a difference does it make at on...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_He that planted the ear, shall He not hear?_ He that formed the eye, shall He not see? EVOLUTION AND DESIGN These words contain the germ of all natural and moral philosophy. There are two great und...
_Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it._ THE ABSURDITY OF LIBERTINISM AND INFIDELITY In the style of the sacred authors, particularly in that of our prophet,...
_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...
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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 94:8 This is the reply to v. Psalms 94:7. The God WHO PLANTED THE EAR, WHO FORMED THE EYE,...
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...
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...
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...
Exodus 4:11; Jeremiah 23:23; Jeremiah 23:24; Proverbs 20:1; Pr
Planted — The word is emphatical, signifying the excellent structure of the ear, or the several organs belonging to the sense of hearing. Formed — By which word he intimates the accurate and curious w...