psalm-94:17-18

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

INTRODUCTION“There is no superscription to this Psalm. There is no indication of its authorship, of the period at which it was written, or of the circumstances to which it refers. There are many of these anonymous hymns in God’s Book, nameless utterances, voices of the night of weeping, shouts from the mountain tops of thought, prayers unto the God of Life, which belong to no individual, can be fathered on no solitary period, but descend as an heirloom to successive ages, and enrich every... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94:1-23 :O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth ( Psalms 94:1 );Now, it's hard for us to remember that. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" ( Romans 12:19 ). So often we try to take vengeance ourselves against the evil that is done to us. So often we say or hear said, "I'll get even with him," as though it is our place to take vengeance.But LORD God, vengeance belongeth to thee ( Psalms 94:1 ),But he said now,show yourself ( Psalms 94:1 ).And take vengeance, Lord.Lift up... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 94:1-23

This psalm was written under great oppression, in a time of war, but it bears no marks of being written in Babylon, for then they had no hope to rise against the wicked: Psalms 94:16. Psalms 94:6 . They slay the widow, and the stranger, and the fatherless; that is, the rich and the landed interest, having frittered away the jubilee to little more than a name, would not allow the destitute more than half bread. Our land proprietors do the same, in many parts of this kingdom; they force the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 94:1-23

Psalms 94:1-23O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth . . . show Thyself.Persecutors and their victimsI. The awful condition of the wicked persecutor. The persecutors referred to (Psalms 94:1-10) are represented as “proud,” speaking “hard things,” as “workers of iniquity,” as “breaking in pieces” the people of God, as “slaying the widow and the stranger,” and “murdering the fatherless.” Every age and country has abounded with such oppressors, they are rife even in this land of liberty.1. They... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 94:18

Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.A common incident of the journeyThe soul in peril can seldom say much, but that which is said is generally expressive. Take, for example, these words: they imply faith in the presence of One able to help--abhorrence of the sin to which ha is tempted--and confidence in His willingness to save. This experience is a common one. All of us are, at some time, found in slippery places.I. Some slippery places, We are the more... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 94:17

Psa 94:17 Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. Ver. 17. Unless the Lord had been my help ] He loveth to help at a pinch; he usually reserveth his hand for a dead lift. See 2 Timothy 4:16-17 . My soul had almost dwelt in silence ] i.e. In the dark cloisters of death. The Greek and Latin translators render it, In hell. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 94:18

Psa 94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. Ver. 18. When I said, My foot slippeth ] I stand on a precipice, and shall be down, Hypotyposis est. Thy mercy, O Lord, held me ] I have subsisted merely by a miracle of thy mercy, by a prop of thine extraordinary pity and patience. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 94:17

Unless: Psalms 118:13, Psalms 124:1, Psalms 124:2, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 142:4, Psalms 142:5, John 16:32, 2 Corinthians 1:8-2 Samuel :, 2 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 4:17 almost: or, quickly dwelt: Psalms 13:3, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 115:17 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:31 - the Lord Hebrews 13:6 - The Lord read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 94:18

My foot: Psalms 17:5, Psalms 37:23, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 38:16, Psalms 119:116, Psalms 119:117, Psalms 121:3, 1 Samuel 2:9, John 12:5, Isaiah 41:10, Luke 22:32, 1 Peter 1:5 Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:37 - feet Job 12:5 - ready Psalms 13:2 - take Psalms 26:1 - I shall Psalms 41:12 - thou Psalms 56:13 - wilt Psalms 63:8 - thy Psalms 66:9 - suffereth Psalms 73:2 - steps Psalms 116:8 - and my feet Psalms 119:92 - I should Psalms 145:14 - upholdeth read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 94:17

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.Dwelt — In the place of silence, the grave. read more