Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 94:18
My foot slippeth; I am now upon the point of falling into mischief and utter destruction.
My foot slippeth; I am now upon the point of falling into mischief and utter destruction.
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...
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...
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...
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. HELD ME UP. Compare Psalms 91:12....
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...
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...
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 givin...
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". ...
אִם ־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הוָ֗ה...
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...
When I said, (l) My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. (l) When I thought there was no way but death....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
Psalms 94:18 say H559 (H8804) foot H7272 slips H4131 (H8804) mercy H2617 LORD H3068 up H5582 ...
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...
_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...
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
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 Peter 1:5; 1 Samuel 2:9; Isaiah 41:10; John 12:5; Luke 22:32;...