Psalms 94:5
Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
In Context
4They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:
6The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
Cross References
Psalms 7:2Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul,—and there be no deliverer to rescue.
Psalms 44:22Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
Psalms 74:19Do not deliver up, to a wild beast, the life of thy turtle-dove, The living host of thine oppressed ones, do not forget perpetually.
Psalms 79:7For he hath devoured Jacob,—And, his dwelling-place, have they laid waste.
Isaiah 3:15What right have ye to crush my people, And the faces of the oppressed, to grind? Demandeth My Lord Yahweh of hosts—And Yahweh saith—
Jeremiah 22:17Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!
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 →