Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, planning his destruction, and condemn the innocent blood, laying the penalty of the law upon the believers with a show of right.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, planning his destruction, and condemn the innocent blood, laying the penalty of the law upon the believers with a show of right.
Verse Psalms 94:21. _THEY GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER_] In every thing that is _evil_, they are in _unity_. The devil, his angels, and his children, all join and draw together when they have for their...
THEY GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST THE SOUL OF THE RIGHTEOUS - Against the life of the righteous; that is, to take their lives. The Hebrew word rendered “gather together,” means to press or crowd...
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...
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one (singular no Art.) BLOOD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for man....
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...
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? -God will not suffer enthroned iniquity to prevail, but will visit the wicked according to their iniquity, a...
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...
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". ...
THEY GATHER — _i.e.,_ possibly, _They crowd into the courts of law to take part in the unjust condemnation of the just,_ or more generally, “They attack the life of the righteous.” LXX., “they hunt.”...
יָ֭גֹודּוּ עַל ־נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְ דָ֖ם נָקִ
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...
Here is the conclusion of every faithful follower of the Lord Jesus. Here he rests the ultimatum of all his exercises. Tell ye the righteous, it shall be well with him. He that rests in Christ, and hi...
21._They will gather together against the soul of the righteous _As the Hebrew word גדד _, gadad, _or גוד _, gud, _(39) signifies to collect forces or a band of men, the Psalmist evidently intimates t...
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...
THEY GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER,.... As "in troops" h, as the word signifies; in great armies; so the antichristian kings and states will, at the instigation of Popish emissaries; see Revelation 16:1...
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. Ver. 21. _They gather together_] Heb. run by troops, as thieves do. _ Against the soul_] Which they...
_They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous_ Against the _life_, as the word here rendered _soul_ commonly signifies, and as the next clause explains it. They are not satisfied with the...
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...
AGAINST THE SOUL; against the life, as the soul commonly signifies, and as the next clause explains it. They are not satisfied with the spoil of their estates, but do also thirst after their lives. CO...
Psalms 94:21 together H1413 (H8799) life H5315 righteous H6662 condemn H7561 (H8686) innocent H5355 blood H1818...
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...
_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 94:20 WICKED RULERS. The ungodly here have power, and they use it to FRAME INJUSTICE and to CONDEMN THE INNOCENT TO DEATH (which God hates;...
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...
1 Kings 21:19; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:28; Acts 4:5; Acts 7:52;...