Psalm 94:1-9

1 HERR, Gott, des die Rache ist, Gott, des die Rache ist, erscheine!

2 Erhebe dich, du Richter der Welt; vergilt den Hoffärtigen, was sie verdienen!

3 HERR, wie lange sollen die Gottlosen, wie lange sollen die Gottlosen prahlen

4 und so trotzig reden, und alle Übeltäter sich so rühmen?

5 HERR, sie zerschlagen dein Volk und plagen dein Erbe;

6 Witwen und Fremdlinge erwürgen sie und töten die Waisen

7 und sagen: "Der HERR sieht's nicht, und der Gott Jakobs achtet's nicht."

8 Merket doch, ihr Narren unter dem Volk! Und ihr Toren, wann wollt ihr klug werden?

9 Der das Ohr gepflanzt hat, sollte der nicht hören? Der das Auge gemacht hat, sollte der nicht sehen?

Psalm 94:1-9 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.