Psalms 94:1
The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
In Context
2Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.
2 Kings 9:7And thou shalt cut off the house of Achab thy master, and I will revenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezabel.
Psalms 80:1Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.
Isaiah 59:17He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let every one save his own life: be not silent upon her iniquity: for it is the time of revenge from the Lord, he will I render unto her what she hath deserved.
Nahum 1:2The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 94:1
This psalm was penned when the church of God was under hatches, oppressed and persecuted; and it is an appeal to God, as the judge of heaven and earth, and an address to him, to appear for his people against his and their enemies. Two things this psalm speaks:—I. Conviction and terror to the persecutors ( ver. 1-11 ), showing them their danger and folly, and arguing with them. II. Comfort and peace to the persecuted ( ver. 12-23 ), assuring them, both from God's promise and from the psalmist's own experience, that… Read the whole commentary →