Psalms 94:10-20

10 He who ¹chastens the nations, will He not rebuke, Even He who ²teaches man knowledge?

11 The LORD ³knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath.

12 Blessed is the man whom ⁴You chasten, O LORD, And ⁵whom You teach out of Your law;

13 That You may grant him ⁶relief from the ⁷days of adversity, Until ⁸a pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For ⁹the LORD will not abandon His people, Nor will He ¹⁰forsake His inheritance.

15 For ¹¹judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who will ¹²stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me ¹³against those who do wickedness?

17 If ¹⁴the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

18 If I should say, "¹⁵My foot has slipped," Your lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up.

19 When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your ¹⁶consolations delight my soul.

20 Can a ¹⁷throne of destruction be allied with You, One ¹⁸which devises mischief by decree?

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Psalms 94:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 94

Some, as Jarchi and others, think this psalm was written by Moses; others, with greater probability, assign it to David; as do the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; and which all but the Syriac version say it was composed to be sung on the fourth day of the week, on which day the Talmudists say it was sung; see the argument of the preceding psalm. This psalm and others, that go before and follow, are without any title in the Hebrew Bible: the title of it in the Syriac version is,

``a Psalm of David, concerning the company of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; but spiritually, concerning the persecution against the church;''

not of the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, as some; nor of the Jews in their present exile, as Kimchi; but rather of the people of God under the tyranny of antichrist; who are represented as complaining of his insults and cruelty, and as comforting themselves in the hopes of deliverance, and in the view of his destruction.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 18

1. Psalms 44:2
2. Job 35:11; Isaiah 28:26
3. Job 11:11; 1 Corinthians 3:20
4. Deuteronomy 8:5; Job 5:17; Psalms 119:71; Proverbs 3:11, 12; Hebrews 12:5, 6
5. Psalms 119:171
6. Job 34:29; Habakkuk 3:16
7. Psalms 49:5
8. Psalms 9:15; Psalms 55:23
9. 1 Samuel 12:22; Lamentations 3:31; Romans 11:2
10. Psalms 37:28
11. Psalms 97:2; Isaiah 42:3; Micah 7:9
12. Numbers 10:35; Isaiah 28:21; Isaiah 33:10
13. Psalms 17:13; Psalms 59:2
14. Psalms 124:1, 2
15. Psalms 38:16; Psalms 73:2
16. Isaiah 57:18; Isaiah 66:13
17. Amos 6:3
18. Psalms 50:16; Psalms 58:2

Footnotes 9

[a]. Or "instructs"
[b]. Or "For"
[c]. Heb YAH
[d]. I.e. administration of justice
[e]. Lit "will return to righteousness"
[f]. Lit "will be after it"
[g]. Or "are many"
[h]. Or "tribunal"
[i]. Or "trouble, misfortune"