psalm-94:18-19,-psalm-94:22-niv

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 94:18

Psalms 94:18. When I said, My foot slippeth— The slipping or moving of the foot, is an expression which we often meet with, to signify any inevitable danger, as it does here; and it seems to be a metaphor taken from the sure consequence of such an accident, when two men are engaged at single combat; in which case, if one of them trips and falls, his adversary has him at his mercy. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 94:19

Psalms 94:19. In the multitude of my thoughts— When my solicitudes are multiplied within me. The word שׂרעפי sarappai, solicitudes, means the discursus, or branchings of the mind; a word which strongly expresses the action of the soul when it sends itself forth on all sides. "The old version renders it, In the multitude of the sorrows; which must be in some sort peculiar to the men of thought and reflection. That there are such sorrows, we learn from one who was a man of thought; Ecclesiastes... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94:19

19. my thoughts—or, anxious cares. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94This psalm, which begins as a national lament (Psalms 94:1-15) and ends as an individual lament (Psalms 94:16-23), calls on God to avenge the righteous whom the wicked oppress unjustly. It manifests faith in the justice of God. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:16-19

After looking everywhere for some consolation during the temporary ascendancy of the wicked, the psalmist found it only in God. If God had not strengthened him he would have died, slipped in his walk with God, and become mentally distracted. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:16-23

3. A reason for consolation 94:16-23 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:1-23

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 opening vv. appeal to God to show Himself as judge of the earth (Psalms 94:1-2). The misdeeds of the oppressors are next described (Psalms 94:3-7), and a rebuke is addressed to certain Israelites who were tempted to give up their faith in God (Psalms 94:8-11). The next vv. speak of the blessings of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 94:19

(19) Thoughts.—Properly, dividing—i.e., “perplexing” or “anxious” thoughts. (See Job 4:13; Job 20:2.) LXX. and Vulg., “griefs.”We may compare the Virgilian “animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc,” imitated by Tennyson:This way and that dividing his swift mind,In act to throw.”Delight.—Literally, stroke, and so soothe. The Hebrew word is used in Isaiah 66:11 of a mother quieting her child with the breast, and in Jeremiah 16:7 of the cup of consolation given to mourners at funerals. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94:9-10 These verses assert that in due time God will act, for He cannot be otherwise than a God of knowledge, deep in whose heart counsels of inviolable righteousness lie hidden. He is always cognisant of what goes on in the world, and especially heedful of the cries and supplications of His own people. These acts of oppression, done to the fatherless and the widow, do not elude His notice. Drop by drop He counts the innocent blood that falls upon the green world He has made and bends... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94:1-23THE 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 psalm hymns Jehovah’s retributive sway, for which it passionately cries, and in which it confidently trusts. Israel is oppressed by insolent rulers, who have poisoned the fountains of justice, condemning the innocent, enacting unrighteous laws, and making a prey of all the helpless. These "judges... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 94:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 94:19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94:19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:1-23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:16-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 94:16-23

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:1-23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 94:19

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 94:1-23

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

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