Psalms 94:1-23 - Homilies By C. Short

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 THEY SHOW . ( Psalms 94:8-11 .) All sin implies this.

IV. THE BLESSED REST AND CONFIDENCE OF THOSE WHO ARE CHASTENED AND TAUGHT OF GOD . ( Psalms 94:12-15 .) "Judgment cannot always be perverted—cannot always fail."

V. THE DEEP CONVICTION OF GOD 'S RIGHTEOUSNESS DERIVED FROM PAST EXPERIENCE . ( Psalms 94:16-19 .)

VI. AN ANTICIPATION OF RETRIBUTION ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED UPON THE WICKED . ( Psalms 94:20-23 .)—S.