He that chastiseth the (g) heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]?
(g) If God punishes whole nations for their sins, it is mere folly for any one man or else a few to think that God will spare them.
Verse Psalms 94:10. _HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN, SHALL NOT HE CORRECT?_] YOU, who are heathens, and heathens of the most abandoned kind. _HE THAT TEACHETH MAN KNOWLEDGE_] We here supply _shall n...
HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN - More literally, “Shall not the Reprover of nations - shall he not chastise - he that teaches man knowledge?” The idea is, that God exercises a government over the nati...
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...
HEATHEN. nations. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam,_ App-14....
HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN, &C.— Or, _He who instructs the nations, he who teacheth man knowledge, shall not he rebuke?_ Mudge renders this and the following verse thus: _He that instructeth the n...
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...
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN, SHALL NOT HE CORRECT? He who admonishes the pagan through Hi...
94:10 instructeth (e-3) Or 'chasteneth.'...
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...
HEATHEN] RV 'nations.' _Shall not he know?_] These words are supplied to complete the sense. The Psalmist breaks off bis argument abruptly....
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...
HE THAT CHASTISETH. — Or, _He who instructeth._ The thought to some extent anticipates St. Paul’s teaching about the divine education of the heathen, in Romans 1....
הֲ יֹסֵ֣ר גֹּ֭ויִם הֲ לֹ֣א יֹוכִ֑יחַ הַֽ
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...
Offended. Hebrew and Septuagint, "disgusted." Roman Psalter, St. Augustine, &c., "I was very near to;" (Calmet) ready to punish, and eye-witness of their infidelity. St. Paul reads Greek: prosochthisa...
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...
10._He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct? _He would have them argue from the greater to the less, that if God did not spare even whole nations, but visits their iniquity with punishmen...
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...
HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN,.... As he did the old world, by bringing a flood upon it, and sweeping away its inhabitants at once; and Sodom and Gomorrah, by raining fire and brimstone upon them, an...
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]? Ver. 10. _He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct?_] _Qui totis gentibus non pa...
_He that chastiseth_ Or, _He that instructeth_, or _teacheth_, or _reproveth_ (as the word יסר, _jasar_, often signifies, and is rendered Proverbs 9:7; Isaiah 8:11, &c.) _the heathen_, the Gentiles, o...
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...
He that chastiseth the heathen, punishing entire nations for their sins, SHALL NOT HE CORRECT? punishing the enemies for their wicked deeds. HE THAT TEACHETH MAN KNOWLEDGE, SHALL NOT HE KNOW? Before H...
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...
HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN, SHALL NOT HE CORRECT? He who, when he pleaseth, can and doth punish the Gentiles or nations of the world, is he not able to punish you for your wicked speeches and acti...
Psalms 94:10 instructs H3256 (H8802) nations H1471 correct H3198 (H8686) teaches H3925 (H8764) man H120 knowledge...
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,...
_He that planted the ear, shall He not hear?_ He that formed the eye, shall He not see? EVOLUTION AND DESIGN These words contain the germ of all natural and moral philosophy. There are two great und...
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...
Amos 3:2; Ezekiel 39:21; Habakkuk 1:12; Habakkuk 3:12; Isaiah 10:12;...
Know — Mens thoughts and words and actions....