Psalms 94:5
They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
In Context
4They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Cross References
Psalms 7:2(7-3) Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 44:22(44-23) Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms 74:19O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.
Psalms 79:7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
Isaiah 3:15What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
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 →