Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 94:7
(e) Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].
(e) He shows that they are desperate in malice, as they did not fear God, but gave themselves wholly to do wickedly.
(e) Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].
(e) He shows that they are desperate in malice, as they did not fear God, but gave themselves wholly to do wickedly.
Verse Psalms 94:7. _THE LORD SHALL NOT SEE_] This was either the language of _infidelity_ or _insult_. Indeed, what could the Babylonians know of the true God? They might consider him as the God of a...
YET THEY SAY - By their conduct; or, they seem to say. THE LORD SHALL NOT SEE - In the original, יה _Yâhh_. This is an abbreviation of the word יהוה _Yahweh_. See Psalms 68:4, note;...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4....
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...
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. YET THEY SAY, THE LORD SHALL NOT SEE, NEITHER ... THE GOD OF JACOB REGARD IT - (; ; ;...
94:7 Jah (d-3) See Note c, Psalms 68:4 ....
The oppressors not only injure Israel, but despise Israel's God....
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...
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". ...
THE LORD. — In original, “Jah.” This carelessness of heaven to injustice and crime, which, in the mouth of the heathen (or, perhaps, of apostate Jews), appeared so monstrous to the Hebrews, was a doct...
וַ֭ יֹּ֣אמְרוּ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה ־יָּ֑הּ וְ לֹא
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 Lord is not in the Hebrew or Septuagint. (Berthier) --- The people. Roman Psalter and Syriac, "his people, and the sheep of his pasture, taken from Psalm xcix. 3. (Calmet) --- God is the only she...
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...
7._And they have said, God shall not see _When the Psalmist speaks of the wicked as taunting God with blindness and ignorance, we are not to conceive of them as just exactly entertaining this imaginat...
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...
YET THEY SAY, THE LORD SHALL NOT SEE,.... The blood they shed, the murders they commit, the mischief they do, the wickedness they are guilty of, so flattering themselves with impunity; such atheism re...
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it]. Ver. 7. _Yet they say, The Lord shall not see_] To all other their enormities they added this, that they denied a Div...
_They afflict thy heritage_ Those righteous persons whom thou hast chosen for thy portion or inheritance. _They slay the widow_, &c. Whom common humanity obliged them to spare, pity, and relieve. _Yet...
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...
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, would deliberately ignore their wickedness, NEITHER SHALL THE GOD OF JACOB REGARD IT, that they might continue their insolent outrages unpunished. The psalmist no...
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...
Their impunity and prosperity in their impious and barbarous practices make them ready to doubt of or to deny the providence of God in the government of his church and of the world. _The God of Jacob_...
Psalms 94:7 say H559 (H8799) LORD H3050 see H7200 (H8799) God H430 Jacob H3290 understand H995 ...
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 94:4 These verses list the activities of these EVILDOERS. They POUR OUT THEIR ARROGANT WORDS and BOAST (the quoted words of v....
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...
Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9; Isaiah 29:15; Job 22:12; Job 22:13;...
Of Jacob — He who takes that name to himself, but has no regard to his people....