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Verse Psalms 94:2. _LIFT UP THYSELF_] Exert thy power.
_RENDER A REWARD TO THE PROUD._] To the Babylonians, who oppress and
insult us....
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LIFT UP THYSELF - Be exalted or lifted up so as to be manifest in thy
true character. The idea is that God was, as it were, sitting at his
ease, or as if he were indifferent to what was occurring in t...
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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...
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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...
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JUDGE OF THE EARTH. This is in keeping with the subject of Book IV.
See notes on p. 809....
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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...
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the
proud.
LIFT UP THYSELF, THOU JUDGE OF THE EARTH - (.) Set thyself on high on
the throne of judgment. Thou art really "judge of the...
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A REWARD] RV 'their desert.'...
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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...
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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". ...
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LIFT UP THYSELF — _i.e.,_ either be exalted, or rise to give
sentence....
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הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָ אָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב
גְּ֝מ֗וּל...
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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...
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THE LORD WHO RULETH OVER ALL
Psalms 93:1; Psalms 94:1
It is thought that these two psalms date from the Assyrian invasion in
Hezekiah's time, and that the psalmist compares the strength of
Sennacheri...
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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...
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Come. Earlier than usual, (Menochius) before the day be far spent;
præoccupemus, to shew our diligence in prayer, (Haydock) and to
obtain God's favour, as Amam was first at the palace of Assuerus,
Est...
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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...
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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...
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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 conver...
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the
proud.
Ver. 2. _Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth_] Judges, as they
ascend the tribunal, so when to pass sentence they usually...
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_O God, to whom vengeance belongeth_ To whom, as the supreme Judge of
the world, the patron and protector of the righteous, and the declared
enemy of all wickedness and wicked men, and to whom alone i...
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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...
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Lift up Thyself, arising, as from an indifferent attitude, THOU JUDGE
OF THE EARTH, in the almighty exaltation of His judicial power; RENDER
A REWARD TO THE PROUD, punishing the arrogant pride of the...
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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...
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Psalms 94:2 up H5375 (H8734) Judge H8199 (H8802) earth H776 Render
H7725 (H8685) punishment H1576 proud...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 94:2 The PROUD are those who, in their
unbelief, elevate themselves above God and dare him to punish them (v.
Psalms 94:7). They use their power to
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 5:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Daniel 4:37; Daniel 5:22; Genesis