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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 94 Some, as Jarchi and others, think this psalm was written by Moses; others, with greater probability, assign it to David; as do the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; and which all but the Syriac version say it was composed to be sung on the fourth day of the week, on which day the Talmudists say it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth,.... As it does to God, and to him only; not to Heathen deities, one of which has the name of Vengeance given it, Acts 28:4, nor to Satan, the enemy and avenger, and his spiteful principalities and powers; nor to men, who are not to exercise private revenge on their fellow creatures; only to civil...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm was penned when the church of God was under hatches, oppressed and persecuted; and it is an appeal to God, as the judge of heaven and earth, and an address to him, to appear for his people against his and their enemies. Two things this psalm speaks:—I. Conviction and terror to the persecutors (ver. 1-11), showing them their danger and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. God is the God of justice, and when iniquity and oppression prevail, it is natural that his people should call upon him to come forth out of his hiding-places. Sometimes, when oppression and iniquity and error prevail, it seems as if God had hidden himself...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
LORD God, — “ O Jehovah, El.” Men of God in trouble delight to call upon the name of the Lord. His very name is a stronghold to them; the infinite Jehovah, the strong God, EL: “O Lord God,”- Psa_94:1. To whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. Vengeance does not belong to us; it is not right for any private...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; 0 God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself: or, God of retribution, Jehovah, God of retribution, shine forth! A very natural prayer when innocence is trampled down, and wickedness exalted on high. If the execution of justice be a right thing, —and who can deny the fact? —then it must be a very...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Lift up thyself, thou, O Judge of the earth,.... A title very proper to Christ, and which is given him by Abraham, Genesis 18:25, who then appeared to him in an human form, and with whom he was conversing; he judges his own people on earth, all judgment being committed to him by the Father; he judges and chastises them, that they may not be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. As one who is about to strike a heavy blow lifts himself up, to increase the force of the stroke, so the psalmist prays to the Lord, “Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earth. The proud are lifted up; lift up thyself. They boast, they glory, Lord, show them how great a God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and Speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? That expression, “ How long?” repeated three times, is very sorrowful; it seems to get into a kind of howling...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Lord, how long shall the wicked,.... The reign of antichrist is thought long by the saints, being the space of forty two months, or 1260 days or years and this tries the faith and patience of the church of Christ, Revelation 13:5 how long shall the wicked triumph? in their prosperity, and in the ruins of the interest of Christ; the Targum is, "how...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? That question, “how long?” uttered twice over, sounds a little like howling; and sometimes God’s saints get so dispirited that they cry unto God, and weep and wail before him until their wailing becomes almost like howling: “Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
How long shall they utter and speak hard things?,.... Against Christ, his person and offices, his ministers, his people, his truths and ordinances; this is very applicable to antichrist, who has a mouth speaking blasphemies, and which he opens, and with it blasphemes God, his tabernacle, and them that dwell in it, Revelation 13:5. The Targum is,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. Their words are heavier than stones, and when they hurl them at the Lord’s people with cruel intent, they do great mischief: “They utter and speak hard things. All the workers of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They break in pieces thy people, O Lord,.... Not the Israelites, as Kimchi; but the church of Christ, by their anathemas, cruel edicts, and persecutions; by confiscating their goods, imprisoning their persons, putting them to cruel deaths; and by such means think to "wear out" the saints of the most High, the Lord's covenant and peculiar people;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, — There is a strong plea. Hear that declaration, for the Lord of hosts says to his people, “He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of mine eye.” In days of persecution the saints earnestly pray in this fashion, “They break in pieces thy people, Jehovah,”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. This made the appeal still stronger, for God’s is “a Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They slay the widow and the stranger,.... Who are so both in a literal and figurative sense, such who are weak and feeble, helpless and friendless; or who are deprived of their faithful pastors, who were as husbands and fathers to them, and who profess themselves pilgrims and strangers here; these the followers of the man of sin have inhumanly put...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Do you wonder that the psalmist prayed, “O God of vengeance, show thyself”? Can you see the fatherless robbed, and the widow and the stranger oppressed, without feeling your indignation burn? He who is never indignant has no virtue in him. He who cannot burn like coals of juniper...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 reigns at Rome, but God sees all their abominations, and he will let them know one day that he does behold them; see Psalms 10:10, neither shall the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. They were practically atheists, for, if they had a god nominally, they regarded him as a god who did not observe sins, a blind deity, a god who took no note of evil. Do you not think that this is the prevailing religion of today? Are there not many who say, “Jehovah...