Psalms 94:6
Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
In Context
5Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
7And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
Cross References
Isaiah 13:15Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.
Jeremiah 22:3Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.
Malachi 3:5And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah 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 →