When was psalm 94 written

When men believe that the eyes of God are dim, there is no reason to wonder that they give full license to their brutal passions. Ahab had his Elijah, and Herod his John Baptist. The succession has been continued through the ages. Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise? He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge? Understand, you senseless among the people : The psalmist attempted what some think is a useless mission — to help the senseless and fools with instruction and understanding. He specifically spoke to those mentioned in the previous verse, who believed God did not see or understand their wickedness.

The idea of senseless is the same as in Psalm — a brutish man, as much animal as human. You that have only the shape, but not the understanding, of a man in you. The logic is simple and solid. The God who created the ear can hear, and the God who created the eye can see.

The God of all wisdom and knowledge will hold men and women to account for their lives. What the psalm does not contemplate is the crowning absurdity, reserved for modern man, of rejecting even this. He that formed the eye, hath he not eyes?

No; but, Shall he not hear? Shall he not see! And why does he say so? To prevent the error of humanizing God, of attributing members or corporeal parts to the infinite Spirit. This great God must be appropriately feared, respected, and obeyed. This was important for the senseless and fools to hear and maybe even understand. But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Blessed is the man whom You instruct : Perhaps the senseless and fools will never listen to God, but His people must. He will instruct and teach them from His word out of Your law. They have rest when the inevitable days of adversity come. This rest is theirs until the pit is dug for the wicked , until God sets all things right in His judgment.

It is so, and so it must be, for God has so ordained it. For the LORD will not cast off His people : This is beautiful and powerful assurance, given first to Israel under the Old Covenant but extending to the child of God under a better covenant. Some teach that God did cast off Israel, but this and many other passages contradict that idea. With repetition and emphasis, God insists: Nor will He forsake His inheritance. The devil has his cast-offs, but God has no cast-offs.

Judgment will return to righteousness : God promises to bring His righteous reign and judgment to all things, bringing satisfaction to the upright in heart. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

Now the psalmist considers that this hoped-for day is not yet. He understands and expresses his own limitations in dealing with evildoers and workers of iniquity. How often does the mercy of God thus prevent the ruin of weak believers, and of those who have been unfaithful! Your comforts delight my soul : With enemies and difficulties about him, the psalmist needed help and comfort from God.

The LORD answered with many comforts that brought delight to his soul. This rescued him from the multitude of anxieties within. Who can muse upon eternal love, immutable purposes, covenant promises, finished redemption, the risen Saviour, his union with his people, the coming glory, and such like themes, without feeling his heart leaping with joy? Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You? He speaks comfort to suffering saints from God's promises and his own experience.

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Recently Popular Media x. Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Psalms Psalm 94 This psalm was penned when the church of God was under hatches, oppressed and persecuted; and it is an appeal to God, as the judge of heaven and earth, and an address to him, to appear for his people against his and their enemies.

Two things this psalm speaks:- I. Conviction and terror to the persecutors v. Comfort and peace to the persecuted v. Psa In these verses we have, I. A solemn appeal to God against the cruel oppressors of his people, v. This speaks terror enough to them, that they have the prayers of God's people against them, who cry day and night to him to avenge them of their adversaries; and shall he not avenge them speedily?

Observe here, 1. The titles they give to God for the encouraging of their faith in this appeal: O God!

We may with boldness appeal to him; for, 1. He is judge, supreme judge, judge alone, from whom every man's judgment proceeds. He that gives law gives sentence upon every man according to his works, by the rule of that law.

He has prepared his throne for judgment. He has indeed appointed magistrates to be avengers under him Rom. He is universal judge, not of this city or country only, but judge of the earth, of the whole earth: none are exempt from his jurisdiction; nor can it be alleged against an appeal to him in any court that it is coram non judice-before a person not judicially qualified.

He is just. As he has authority to avenge wrong, so it is his nature, and property, and honour. This also is implied in the title here given to him and repeated with such an emphasis, O God! This is a good reason why we must not avenge ourselves, because God has said, Vengeance is mine; and it is daring presumption to usurp his prerogative and step into his throne, Rom.

Let this alarm those who do wrong, whether with a close hand, so as not to be discovered, or with a high hand, so as not to be controlled, There is a God to whom vengeance belongs, who will certainly call them to an account; and let it encourage those who suffer wrong to bear it with silence, committing themselves to him who judges righteously. What it is they ask of God. That he would glorify himself, and get honour to his own name. Wicked persecutors thought God had withdrawn and had forsaken the earth.

Lift up thyself, to be seen, to be feared; and suffer not thy name to be trampled upon and run down. That he would mortify the oppressors: Render a reward to the proud; that is, "Reckon with them for all their insolence, and the injuries they have done to thy people. They called the first 5 books of the Bible the Torah, also Isaiah, Jeremiah and other prophets. Some prophets wrote books in the Bible. In verse 13, we read about "the pit".

Sheol was a dark place under the ground. In it was a big hole. They called it "the pit". It was where very bad people went. So, some people translate "until someone digs a pit" as "until they die". When that happens God promises good things for his people in verses 14 and There is a change in verses 16 - Some Bible students say that this is a separate psalm. Other students do not agree.

It does not matter. God speaks to us through both parts of the psalm. He does not say what it was. Who fought for him and kept him safe, verse 16? When he was not happy, God made him happy again, verse A better word for happy here is "confident". It means that you know everything will be OK. The psalm ends where it began. Now he is confident that God will do that, verse Ask God to be your king. Tell him that you will love him and obey him. Psalm says, "God is my strong place or fortress , and a rock".

Read Psalm 18 and look for these words. How can God be a rock? This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level A words.