Psalms 94:5
They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
In Context
4They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
6They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
Cross References
Psalms 7:2Least he deuoure my soule like a lion, and teare it in pieces, while there is none to helpe.
Psalms 44:22Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
Psalms 74:19Giue not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beast, and forget not the Congregation of thy poore for euer.
Psalms 79:7For they haue deuoured Iaakob and made his dwelling place desolate.
Isaiah 3:15What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen the Lord of hoasts?
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.
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 →