Psalms 94:5

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pieces	יְדַכְּא֑וּ ye.da.ke.'U	H1792	to crumble · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
people	עַמְּךָ֣ 'a.me.Kha	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
afflict	יְעַנּֽוּ ye.'a.Nu	H6031	to depress literally or figuratively · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
heritage	וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ ve.na.cha.la.te.Kha	H5159	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Psalms 79:2-3 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the eart…
Exodus 2:23-24 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cr…
Psalms 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Psalms 74:19-20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 94:1-11

In these verses we have, I. A solemn appeal to God against the cruel oppressors of his people, Psa 94:1, Psa 94:2. 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? Luk 18:3, Luk 18:7. Observe here, 1. The titles they give to God for the encouraging of their faith in this appeal: O God! to whom vengeance belongeth; and thou Judge of the earth. 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…

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John Gill on Psalms 94:5

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord,.... Not the Israelites, as Kimchi; but the church of Christ, by their anathemas, cruel edicts, and persecutions; by confiscating their goods, imprisoning their persons, putting them to cruel deaths; and by such means think to "wear out" the saints of the most High, the Lord's covenant and peculiar people; which is mentioned as an aggravation of their sin, and as an argument with the Lord to arise on their behalf: and afflict thine heritage; the church, styled God's heritage, 1 Peter 5:3, whom the Lord has chosen for his inheritance; and are dear to him, as his portion, his jewels, and even as the apple of his eye; and yet these are afflicted all mann…

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John Calvin on Psalms 94:1-6

Psalm 94:1-6 1. O Jehovah! God of vengeances; God of vengeances, [12] shine forth. [13] 2. Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earth! render a reward to the proud. 3. O Jehovah! how long shall the wicked -- how long shall the wicked triumph? 4. They pour forth, they speak hard things, all the workers of iniquity lift up themselves. 5. They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah! and afflict thy inheritance. 6. They slay the widow, and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 1 O Jehovah! God of vengeances We know that the Jews were surrounded by many neighbors who were not well affected towards them, and were thus incessantly subject to the assaults and oppression of bitter enemies. As this…

The Church Fathers

"Your people, O Lord, they have humbled, and your inheritance they have harassed." Who? The proud.
— Jerome, Homily 71, on Psalm 93 (Alternate Series)

"They have humbled your people, O Lord." Always the people of God are humbled, the people of God are oppressed. "They have humbled your people, O Lord." The people of God are humbled, and imitate God who was humbled and meek of heart.
— Jerome, Homily 22, on Psalm 93

..."They have humbled Thy people, O Lord; and have troubled Thine heritage" (ver. 5). "They have murdered the widow, and the fatherless: and slain the proselyte" (ver. 6); that is, the traveller, the pilgrim: the comer from far, as the Psalmist calleth himself. Each of these expressions is too clear in meaning to make it worth while to dwell upon them.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 94

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Dictionary and topics

Persecution · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 94:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 94:1-11

John Gill on Psalms 94:5

John Calvin on Psalms 94:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 94:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 94:1-11

John Gill on Psalms 94:5

John Calvin on Psalms 94:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 94:4-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 94:2

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 94:5