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Verse Psalms 94:8. _UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH_] These are the same
expressions as in Psalms 92:6, on which see the note. Psalms 92:6....
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UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE - See Psalms 73:22. The
meaning here is, “You who are like the brutes; you who see and
understand no more of the character and plans of God than the wild
beasts...
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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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YE BRUTISH—AND YE FOOLS— _Ye foolish,—Ye thoughtless._ Grotius
observes on the next verse, that this is a most excellent way of
arguing; for, whatever perfection there is in created beings, it is
deri...
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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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Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye
be wise?
UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE. The Psalmist turns from the
infidel oppressors who uttered the cavil against Go...
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UNDERSTAND] RV 'consider.' BRUTISH.. FOOLS] These words refer to
Israelites who are tempted to adopt the heathen point of view....
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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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(8-10) The reality of a Divine Providence is proved both from nature
and history — from the physical constitution of man and the moral
government of the world. The psalmist’s question is as powerful
a...
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בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּ † עָ֑ם וּ֝
כְסִילִ֗ים...
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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 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...
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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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To-day. St. Paul beautifully illustrates this passage, Hebrews iv.
(Haydock) --- He follows not the present Hebrew punctuation, which
would join half this verse with the preceding. --- His. God speaks...
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This is a beautiful appeal to the oppressor. In the contemplation of
the divine perfections, the oppressed believer points out how
impossible it is for the wicked to escape the all-seeing eye and
almi...
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8_Understand, ye stupid among the people _As it was execrable impiety
to deny God to be Judge of the earth, the Psalmist severely reprimands
their folly in thinking to elude his government, and even s...
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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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UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE,.... Or the most brutish and
stupid of all people; especially that profess themselves to be the
people of God, or Christians, as the Papists do; and who seem to...
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Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye
be wise?
Ver. 8. _Understand, ye brutish_] Ye that are ringleaders to the
rest, but no wiser than the reasonless creatures; yea,...
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_Understand, ye brutish_ Hebrew, בערים, _bognarim;_ ye who are
governed by your lusts and appetites, as the word signifies; who have
only the shape, but not the understanding, reason, or judgment of m...
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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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Understand, ye brutish among the people, on a level with the
irrational beasts on account of their folly; AND YE FOOLS, WHEN WILL
YE BE WISE? For the arrogant behavior of the wicked showed a lack of
o...
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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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You who, though you think yourselves the wisest of men, yet in truth
are the most brutish of all people; for the Hebrews oft express their
superlatives in this manner, as PROVERBS 30:30 SONG OF SOLOMO...
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Psalms 94:8 Understand H995 (H8798) senseless H1197 (H8802) people
H5971 fools H3684 wise H7919 (H8686)...
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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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_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,...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:29; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 8:6;...