Psalms 94:5
Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
In Context
4Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
6They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
Cross References
Psalms 7:2O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
Psalms 44:22Shall not God search out these things : for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long : we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms 74:19Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
Psalms 79:7Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.
Isaiah 3:15Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
Jeremiah 22:17But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works.
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 →