Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 94:17
Unless the LORD [had been] my (k) help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
(k) He complains of them who would not help him to resist the enemies, yet was assured that God's help would not fail.
Unless the LORD [had been] my (k) help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
(k) He complains of them who would not help him to resist the enemies, yet was assured that God's help would not fail.
Verse Psalms 94:17. _UNLESS THE LORD_ HAD BEEN _MY HELP_] Had not God in a strange manner supported us while under his chastising hand, we had been utterly cut off. _MY SOUL HAD ALMOST DWELT IN SILE...
UNLESS THE LORD HAD BEEN MY HELP - At the time referred to. If I had not had a God to whom I could have gone - if my mind had not been directed to him - if I had not actually found him a refuge and st...
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...
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. ALMOST. quickly. See note on Proverbs 5:14. DWELT IN SILENCE. Figure of speech _Euphemy_ (App-6), for dying....
WHO WILL RISE UP FOR ME? &C.— _Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers? Who will rank himself on my side against the dealers in vanity_ [_the practisers of idolatry_]_?_—Ver. 17. _If the Lord...
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...
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. UNLESS THE LORD HAD BEEN MY HELP, MY SOUL HAD ALMOST DWELT IN SILENCE - my soul was within a little of having had silence for...
94:17 almost (i-11) Or 'soon.'...
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...
ALMOST] RV 'soon.' SILENCE] the grave, or Sheol....
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". ...
IN SILENCE — _i.e._, of the grave, as in Psalms 31:17....
לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י כִּ מְעַ֓ט ׀
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...
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...
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...
UNLESS THE LORD HAD BEEN MY HELP,.... Against her enemies, which were so many and mighty, and her friends so few and feeble, and having no heart to defend her cause; especially this will be the case a...
Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. Ver. 17. _Unless the Lord had been my help_] He loveth to help at a pinch; he usually reserveth his hand for a dead lift. See...
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...
Unless the Lord had been my Help, upholding and defending him in the midst of his troubles, MY SOUL HAD ALMOST DWELT IN SILENCE, namely, in that of death....
ALMOST: Or, quickly...
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...
In the place of silence, to wit, the grave. Compare JOB 3:17,18 PSA 88:12 115:17....
Psalms 94:17 Unless H3884 LORD H3068 help H5833 soul H5315 settled H4592 H7931 (H8804) silence H
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:17; John 16:32;...
Dwelt — In the place of silence, the grave....