Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 94:8
Understand] RV 'consider.' Brutish.. fools] These words refer to Israelites who are tempted to adopt the heathen point of view.
Understand] RV 'consider.' Brutish.. fools] These words refer to Israelites who are tempted to adopt the heathen point of view.
Verse Psalms 94:8. _UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH_] These are the same expressions as in Psalms 92:6, on which see the note. Psalms 92:6....
UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE - See Psalms 73:22. The meaning here is, “You who are like the brutes; you who see and understand no more of the character and plans of God than the wild beasts...
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...
YE BRUTISH—AND YE FOOLS— _Ye foolish,—Ye thoughtless._ Grotius observes on the next verse, that this is a most excellent way of arguing; for, whatever perfection there is in created beings, it is deri...
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...
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE. The Psalmist turns from the infidel oppressors who uttered the cavil against Go...
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...
בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּ † עָ֑ם וּ֝ כְסִילִ֗ים...
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...
To-day. St. Paul beautifully illustrates this passage, Hebrews iv. (Haydock) --- He follows not the present Hebrew punctuation, which would join half this verse with the preceding. --- His. God speaks...
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...
8_Understand, ye stupid among the people _As it was execrable impiety to deny God to be Judge of the earth, the Psalmist severely reprimands their folly in thinking to elude his government, and even s...
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...
UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE,.... Or the most brutish and stupid of all people; especially that profess themselves to be the people of God, or Christians, as the Papists do; and who seem to...
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise? Ver. 8. _Understand, ye brutish_] Ye that are ringleaders to the rest, but no wiser than the reasonless creatures; yea,...
_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...
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...
Understand, ye brutish among the people, on a level with the irrational beasts on account of their folly; AND YE FOOLS, WHEN WILL YE BE WISE? For the arrogant behavior of the wicked showed a lack of o...
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...
You who, though you think yourselves the wisest of men, yet in truth are the most brutish of all people; for the Hebrews oft express their superlatives in this manner, as PROVERBS 30:30 SONG OF SOLOMO...
Psalms 94:8 Understand H995 (H8798) senseless H1197 (H8802) people H5971 fools H3684 wise H7919 (H8686)...
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...
_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,...
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...
Deuteronomy 32:29; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 8:6;...