But judgment shall return unto righteousness— For judgment shall come about again to justice, and in its train all the upright of heart. This expression seems figuratively to suppose that God has his rounds or circuits for judgment, when he will do full justice in the sight of all honest men: who are represented as attending the train, and assisting to the pomp of its execution.
Verse Psalms 94:15. _BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS_] If we read יושב _yosheb, shall sit_, for ישוב _yashub, shall return_, which is only placing the ו _vau_ before the ש _shin_ instead...
BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS - That is, The exercise of judgment shall be so manifest to the world - as if it “returned” to it - as to show that there is a righteous God. The truth her...
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...
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...
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS - i:e., unto that which is righteous. At length just judgmen...
94:15 it. (h-15) That is, 'judgment.'...
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...
RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS] shall again be just....
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". ...
BUT. — Better, _For;_ literally, _for to righteousness judgment shall turn, and after it all upright in heart — i.e.,_ there shall no longer be the seeming contradiction in things. God’s righteousness...
כִּֽי ־עַד ־צֶ֭דֶק יָשׁ֣וּב מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝ אַ
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...
But (i) judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (i) God will restore the state and government of things to their right use, and then the godly will fol...
Here the subject takes a new turn. From appealing to men, the petitioner turns now unto the Lord; and he puts it down as an unquestionable truth, that, let men persecute how they may, or let the sorro...
15._But judgment will return unto righteousness _In the dark season of affliction, it is not easy to recognize the secret love which God even then bears to his own children, and the Psalmist adduces a...
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...
BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Which may be understood either of the judgment and righteousness of God, which seemed to be parted, and stand at a distance from each other; his condu...
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Ver. 15. _But judgment shall return unto righteousness_] All shall be set to rights, and every one have his...
_The Lord will not cast off his people_ Though he may for a time correct, yet he will not utterly destroy, his true and obedient people, as he will their enemies, but will, in due time, put an end to...
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...
But judgment shall return unto righteousness, the latter being bound to be vindicated and set upright once more; AND ALL THE UPRIGHT IN HEART SHALL FOLLOW IT, eagerly hailing the restoration of right...
SHALL FOLLOW IT: _ Heb._ shall be after it...
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...
But although the world is now full of unrighteous judgments, and even God himself seems not to judge and administer things justly, because he suffers his people to be oppressed, and the wicked to triu...
Psalms 94:15 judgment H4941 return H7725 (H8799) righteousness H6664 upright H3477 heart H3820 follow H310 But -...
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...
_Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of Thy law._ BLESSED DISCIPLINE I. God’s children are under tuition. Other children may run about, and take holiday; they may wa...
_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 94:12 The faithful, who receive instruction from God’s word and live by it (v. Psalms 94:12) are BLESSED. the L
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 John 2:19; 2 Peter 3:8; Deuteronomy 32:35; Deuteronomy 32:36;...
But — God will declare himself to be a righteous judge, and will again establish justice in the earth. Follow — They will all approve of it, and imitate this justice of God in all their actions....