Psalms 94:6
The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
In Context
5Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down;
7Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:15Every one found, shall be thrust through,—And, every one taken, shall fall by the sword;
Jeremiah 22:3Thus, saith Yahweh,—Execute ye justice, and righteousness, And deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor,—But the sojourner the fatherless, and the widow, do not oppress neither commit violence, And the blood of the innocent, do not ye shed, in this place.
Malachi 3:5Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,—and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.
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 →