Psalm 94:3-13

3 How long * shall the wicked, O LORD, How long * shall the ¹wicked exult?

4 They pour forth words, they ²speak arrogantly; All who do wickedness ³vaunt themselves.

5 They ⁴crush Your people, O LORD, And ⁵afflict Your heritage.

6 They ⁶slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.

7 ⁷They have said, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed."

8 Pay heed, you ⁸senseless among the people; And when will you understand, ⁹stupid ones?

9 He who ¹⁰planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?

10 He who ¹¹chastens the nations, will He not rebuke, Even He who ¹²teaches man knowledge?

11 The LORD ¹³knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath.

12 Blessed is the man whom ¹⁴You chasten, O LORD, And ¹⁵whom You teach out of Your law;

13 That You may grant him ¹⁶relief from the ¹⁷days of adversity, Until ¹⁸a pit is dug for the wicked.

Psalm 94:3-13 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. Job 20:5
• 2. Psalms 31:18; Psalms 75:5
• 3. Psalms 10:3; Psalms 52:1
• 4. Isaiah 3:15
• 5. Psalms 79:1
• 6. Isaiah 10:2
• 7. Job 22:13; Psalms 10:11
• 8. Psalms 92:6
• 9. Psalms 92:6
• 10. Exodus 4:11; Proverbs 20:12
• 11. Psalms 44:2
• 12. Job 35:11; Isaiah 28:26
• 13. Job 11:11; 1 Corinthians 3:20
• 14. Deuteronomy 8:5; Job 5:17; Psalms 119:71; Proverbs 3:11, 12; Hebrews 12:5, 6
• 15. Psalms 119:171
• 16. Job 34:29; Habakkuk 3:16
• 17. Psalms 49:5
• 18. Psalms 9:15; Psalms 55:23

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sojourner"
• [b] Heb YAH
• [c] Or "can"
• [d] Or "can"
• [e] Or "instructs"
• [f] Or "For"
• [g] Heb YAH