Psalms 94:14-23

14 For ¹the LORD will not abandon His people, Nor will He ²forsake His inheritance.

15 For ³judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who will ⁴stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me ⁵against those who do wickedness?

17 If ⁶the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

18 If I should say, "⁷My foot has slipped," Your lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up.

19 When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your ⁸consolations delight my soul.

20 Can a ⁹throne of destruction be allied with You, One ¹⁰which devises mischief by decree?

21 They ¹¹band themselves together against the life of the righteous And ¹²condemn the innocent to death.

22 But the LORD has been my ¹³stronghold, And my God the ¹⁴rock of my refuge.

23 He has ¹⁵brought back their wickedness upon them And will ¹⁶destroy them in their evil; The LORD our God will destroy them.

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Psalms 94:14-23 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 16

1. 1 Samuel 12:22; Lamentations 3:31; Romans 11:2
2. Psalms 37:28
3. Psalms 97:2; Isaiah 42:3; Micah 7:9
4. Numbers 10:35; Isaiah 28:21; Isaiah 33:10
5. Psalms 17:13; Psalms 59:2
6. Psalms 124:1, 2
7. Psalms 38:16; Psalms 73:2
8. Isaiah 57:18; Isaiah 66:13
9. Amos 6:3
10. Psalms 50:16; Psalms 58:2
11. Psalms 56:6; Psalms 59:3
12. Exodus 23:7; Psalms 106:38; Proverbs 17:15; Matthew 27:4
13. Psalms 9:9; Psalms 59:9
14. Psalms 18:2; Psalms 71:7
15. Psalms 7:16; Psalms 140:9, 11
16. Genesis 19:15

Footnotes 10

[a]. I.e. administration of justice
[b]. Lit "will return to righteousness"
[c]. Lit "will be after it"
[d]. Or "are many"
[e]. Or "tribunal"
[f]. Or "trouble, misfortune"
[g]. Or "soul"
[h]. Lit "innocent blood"
[i]. Or "silence"
[j]. Or "silence"