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Psalms 94:15

But judgment shall return unto righteousness, the latter being bound to be vindicated and set upright once more; and all the upright in heart shall follow it, eagerly hailing the restoration of right and justice after such a long period of oppression.

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See also Psalms 94:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 94:15. _BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS_] If we read יושב _yosheb, shall sit_, for ישוב _yashub, shall return_, which is only placing the ו _vau_ before the ש _shin_ instead...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS - That is, The exercise of judgment shall be so manifest to the world - as if it “returned” to it - as to show that there is a righteous God. The truth her...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS— _For judgment shall come about again to justice, and in its train all the upright of heart._ This expression seems figuratively to suppose that God has hi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS - i:e., unto that which is righteous. At length just judgmen...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    94:15 it. (h-15) That is, 'judgment.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS] shall again be just....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT. — Better, _For;_ literally, _for to righteousness judgment shall turn, and after it all upright in heart — i.e.,_ there shall no longer be the seeming contradiction in things. God’s righteousness...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־עַד ־צֶ֭דֶק יָשׁ֣וּב מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝ אַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But (i) judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (i) God will restore the state and government of things to their right use, and then the godly will fol...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here the subject takes a new turn. From appealing to men, the petitioner turns now unto the Lord; and he puts it down as an unquestionable truth, that, let men persecute how they may, or let the sorro...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._But judgment will return unto righteousness _In the dark season of affliction, it is not easy to recognize the secret love which God even then bears to his own children, and the Psalmist adduces a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Which may be understood either of the judgment and righteousness of God, which seemed to be parted, and stand at a distance from each other; his condu...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Ver. 15. _But judgment shall return unto righteousness_] All shall be set to rights, and every one have his...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord will not cast off his people_ Though he may for a time correct, yet he will not utterly destroy, his true and obedient people, as he will their enemies, but will, in due time, put an end to...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHALL FOLLOW IT: _ Heb._ shall be after it...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    But although the world is now full of unrighteous judgments, and even God himself seems not to judge and administer things justly, because he suffers his people to be oppressed, and the wicked to triu...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 94:15 judgment H4941 return H7725 (H8799) righteousness H6664 upright H3477 heart H3820 follow H310 But -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of Thy law._ BLESSED DISCIPLINE I. God’s children are under tuition. Other children may run about, and take holiday; they may wa...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 94:12 The faithful, who receive instruction from God’s word and live by it (v. Psalms 94:12) are BLESSED. the L

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:19; 2 Peter 3:8; Deuteronomy 32:35; Deuteronomy 32:36;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But — God will declare himself to be a righteous judge, and will again establish justice in the earth. Follow — They will all approve of it, and imitate this justice of God in all their actions....

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