Psalms 94:5
Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
In Context
4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
Cross References
Psalms 7:2\7:1\O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;
Psalms 44:22\44:21\Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
Psalms 74:19O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
Psalms 79:7For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.
Isaiah 3:15By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
Jeremiah 22:17But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 94:2-12
Appeal to God against Persecutors; The Folly of Atheists and Oppressors. 1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. 3 Lord , how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord , and afflict thine heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the… Read the whole commentary →