Psalm 94:2-12

2 ¹Rise up, O ²judge of the earth; repay to the ³proud what they deserve!

3 O Lord, ⁴how long shall the wicked, how long shall ⁵the wicked exult?

4 They pour out their ⁶arrogant words; all ⁷the evildoers boast.

5 They ⁸crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage.

6 They kill ⁹the widow and the sojourner, and murder ¹⁰the fatherless;

7 ¹¹and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive. ”

8 ¹²Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

9 ¹³He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?

10 He who ¹⁴disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who ¹⁵teaches man knowledge—

11 ¹⁶the Lord—knows the thoughts of man, that they are ¹⁷but a breath. ^[a]

12 ¹⁸Blessed is the man whom you ¹⁹discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,

Psalm 94:2-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. 94:2 See Ps. 7:6
• 2. 94:2 See Ps. 58:11
• 3. 94:2 Luke 1:51
• 4. 94:3 Rev. 6:10; See Ps. 74:10
• 5. 94:3 [Job 20:5]
• 6. 94:4 Ps. 31:18; 1 Sam. 2:3; [Jude 15]
• 7. 94:4 Ps. 92:7, 9; 125:5
• 8. 94:5 [Prov. 22:22; Isa. 3:15]
• 9. 94:6 [Isa. 10:2]
• 10. 94:6 [Isa. 10:2]
• 11. 94:7 See Job 22:13
• 12. 94:8 See Ps. 49:10
• 13. 94:9 [Ex. 4:11; Prov. 20:12]
• 14. 94:10 [Job 12:23]
• 15. 94:10 See Job 35:11
• 16. 94:11 Cited 1 Cor. 3:20
• 17. 94:11 [Ps. 30:5, 11]
• 18. 94:12 Prov. 3:11, 12; Heb. 12:5, 6; See Job 5:17
• 19. 94:12 Deut. 8:5; 1 Cor. 11:32

Footnotes

• [a] 94:11 Septuagint 'they are futile'