Psalms 94:5
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
In Context
4How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
6They slay the widow, and the stranger, And murder the fatherless;
Cross References
Psalms 7:2Lest mine enemy tear me like a lion; Lest he rend me in pieces, while there is none to help.
Psalms 44:22But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms 74:19Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
Psalms 79:7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling-place.
Isaiah 3:15What mean ye, that ye crush my people, And grind the faces of the poor?” Saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are only upon thine own gain, And the shedding of innocent blood, And deeds of violence and oppression.
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 →