Psalms 94:6
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
In Context
5Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:15Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.
Jeremiah 22:3This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.
Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
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 →