Psalmen 94:1-6

1 O God der wraken! o HEERE, God der wraken! verschijn blinkende.

2 Gij, Rechter der aarde! verhef U; breng vergelding weder over de hovaardigen.

3 Hoe lang zullen de goddelozen, o HEERE! hoe lang zullen de goddelozen van vreugde opspringen?

4 Uitgieten? hard spreken? alle werkers der ongerechtigheid zich beroemen?

5 O HEERE! zij verbrijzelen Uw volk, en zij verdrukken Uw erfdeel.

6 De weduwe en den vreemdeling doden zij, en zij vermoorden de wezen.

Psalmen 94:1-6 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.