Psalms 94:5
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
King James Version
In Context
4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Cross References
Psalms 7:2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Psalms 79:7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
Isaiah 3:15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the LORD GOD of hosts.
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed 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 →