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Psalms 94:4-7

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 94:4 These verses list the activities of these evildoers. They pour out their arrogant words and boast (the quoted words of v. Psalms 94:7 are a sample of their boasting). They crush God’s people. They kill the helpless (such as the widow, sojourner, and fatherless). All this is a rejection of God’s standards (see Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 24:17, Deuteronomy 24:19).

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See also Psalms 94:4-7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 94:4. _THEY UTTER_ AND _SPEAK_] יביאו _yabbiu_, their hearts _get full_ of pride and insolence; and then, from the abundance of such vile hearts, the mouth _speaks_; and the speech is of...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HOW LONG SHALL THEY UTTER AND SPEAK HARD THINGS? - The word rendered utter means to pour forth - as water from a fountain; to pour forth copiously. The meaning is, that they seemed to be full, and tha...

  • 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

    INIQUITY. Hebrew. _aven_. Same word as in verses: Psalms 94:16; Psalms 94:23. not Psalms 94:20....

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? LORD, HOW LONG SHALL THE WICKED ... TRIUMPH? (HOW LONG) SHALL...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _How long,_ etc.] RV 'They prate, they speak arrogantly,' etc. The v. is a statement, not a question....

  • 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". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HOW LONG... AND. — It is better to omit the italics, and render: _They speak out of utter impudence: all evil-doers boast._ The word rendered “boast” is by modern scholars connected with the Arabian t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יַבִּ֣יעוּ יְדַבְּר֣וּ עָתָ֑ק יִֽ֝תְאַמְּר֗וּ כָּל ־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי...

  • 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 WHO RULETH OVER ALL Psalms 93:1; Psalms 94:1 It is thought that these two psalms date from the Assyrian invasion in Hezekiah's time, and that the psalmist compares the strength of Sennacheri...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Ends. Hebrew, "depths." --- Are his. This is grandeur, that "he beholds," as in the Roman psalter. (Berthier) (Isaias xl. 15., and xlv. 18.) --- Virgil (Geor. 4.) says: Deum, namque ire per omnes_ T...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is always a mark of grace when the Lord's afflicted ones can commit their cause, be it what it may, into the hands of God. But though a believing soul can, and will refer all into the divine wisdom...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4_They pour forth, they speak hard things _(15) He shows in still clearer terms, how their fierceness in persecution was such that they did not scruple to glory in their guilt. The Hebrew verb נבע, _n...

  • 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

    HOW LONG SHALL THEY UTTER AND SPEAK HARD THINGS?,.... Against Christ, his person and offices, his ministers, his people, his truths and ordinances; this is very applicable to antichrist, who has a mou...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 94:4 [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Ver. 4. _How long shall they utter_] Heb. They will bluster (or well-out, as a fou...

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

    _O God, to whom vengeance belongeth_ To whom, as the supreme Judge of the world, the patron and protector of the righteous, and the declared enemy of all wickedness and wicked men, and to whom alone i...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    How long shall they utter, bubbling and sputtering, AND SPEAK HARD THINGS, spouting arrogance against the Lord, AND ALL THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY BOAST THEMSELVES, exalting themselves as though the Lord...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UTTER; or, _pour forth_ freely, constantly, abundantly, as a fountain doth waters, as this Hebrew word signifies. HARD THINGS; grievous, and insolent, and intolerable words against thee and thy people...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 94:4 utter H5042 (H8686) speak H1696 (H8762) things H6277 workers H6466 (H8802) iniquity H205 boast...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 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

    Daniel 11:36; Daniel 11:37; Daniel 7:11; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 7:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Utter — Or pour forth freely, constantly, abundantly, as a fountain doth waters (so this Hebrew word signifies.) Hard things — Insolent, and intolerable words against thee and thy people....

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