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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 94:1-11

In these verses we have, I. A solemn appeal to God against the cruel oppressors of his people, Ps. 94:1, 2. This speaks terror enough to them, that they have the prayers of God's people against them, who cry day and night to him to avenge them of their adversaries; and shall he not avenge them speedily? Luke 18:3, 7. Observe here, 1. The titles they give to God for the encouraging of their faith in this appeal: O God! to whom vengeance belongeth; and thou Judge of the earth. We may with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:2

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 condemned with the world; he judges and distinguishes between them and the world; he protects and defends them, he pleads their cause, and avenges... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:2

Lift up thyself - Exert thy power. Render a reward to the proud - To the Babylonians, who oppress and insult us. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-7

The cry for vengeance. Israel is suffering oppression—not, however, from foreign enemies, but from domestic tyrants ( Psalms 94:4-6 ). Innocent blood is shed; the widow and the orphan are trodden down. God, it is supposed, will not see or will not regard ( Psalms 94:7 ). The psalmist, therefore, cries out to God to manifest himself by taking signal vengeance on the evil doers ( Psalms 94:1 , Psalms 94:2 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Divine retribution certain. The psalm may be distributed under the following heads. I. A PRAYER FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF WICKED OPPRESSORS . ( Psalms 94:1 , Psalms 94:2 .) Probably in anticipation of the Assyrian invasion. II. THE GROUND OF THE PRAYER — THE INSOLENT AND ATHEISTIC SPIRIT OF THEIR CRUEL WORK . ( Psalms 94:3-7 .) They murder the fatherless, and say, "Jehovah seeth not?" III. THE BLINDNESS AND CONTEMPT OF GOD ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:2

Lift up thyself (comp. Psalms 7:6 ; Isaiah 33:10 ). "Rouse thyself," that is, "from thy state of inaction"—come and visit the earth as Judge. Thou Judge of the earth (comp. Genesis 18:25 ; Psalms 58:11 ). Render a reward to the proud; rather, render a recompense— as the same phrase is translated in Lamentations 3:64 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:2

The Judge of all the earth. The older Scriptures constantly set God forth as the actual, living Judge, concerned now in his Divine magistracy, deciding causes, vindicating the oppressed, punishing the wrong doer. The idea of some one single judgment day, in the far future, when all earth complications are to be put straight, and all earth evils are to be rectified, does not appear to have been in the minds of Old Testament saints. It may be that the New Testament figure of the "judgment... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94:2

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 the world. See the notes at Psalms 3:7.Thou Judge of the earth - Ruler of the world; to whom it pertains to exercise judgment over all classes of people, and in all circumstances. The meaning here is, that as he was the Ruler of the whole earth, this matter came without doubt under his jurisdiction.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:1-4

Psalms 94:1-4. 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 it belongs to take revenge on those who oppress thy people when they should protect them; show thyself Make thy justice conspicuous, by speedily avenging thine elect, and rendering a recompense to their enemies. Lift up thyself To punish thy proud enemies. Be exalted in thine... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 94:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 94:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 94:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 94:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:1-4

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