“ When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. ”
When I said, My foot slippeth - I can no longer stand. My strength is gone; and I must sink into the grave. The original here is, “If I say, My foot slippeth,” etc. The statement is general; that...
When I said, (l) My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. (l) When I thought there was no way but death.
XCIV. A Prayer for Vengeance on Oppressive Rulers and for Deliverance from them. Psalms 94:1-6 . The wickedness of the arrogant. The bad rulers here are evidently Jews. They are oppressors, not i...
mercy . lovingkindness, or grace. held me up. Compare Psalms 91:12 .
18. If I said, My foot has fallen What is said in this verse confirms the preceding statement. The more to commend God’s kindness and power, he declares that it was no common danger from whi...
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. When I said, My foot slippeth - When I found myself so weak and my enemy so strong, that I got first off my guard, and then off my center...
When I said, My foot slippeth— The slipping or moving of the foot, is an expression which we often meet with, to signify any inevitable danger, as it does here; and it seems to be a metaphor ta...
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. Here he explains Psalms 94:17 . The occasion of thy "help" was whe...
This is a national Ps., written at a time when Israel was oppressed by foreign enemies. It may be connected either with the days of the exile or with some later period of national distress. The openi...
Psalms 94:1-23 THE theme of God the Judge is closely allied to that of God the King, as other psalms of this group show, in which His coming to judge the world is the subject of rapturous praise....
the Lord Our Defense against Evil-Doers Psalms 94:6-23 Let us ponder all the great things that God will do for them that trust Him. He planted the ear, and will detect the sigh, sob, or broken...
The placing of this song immediately after the one which sets forth the fact of the enthronement of Jehovah is remarkable. It creates a contrast, while it suggests a continuity of ideas. The contrast...
The Psalmist is looking round for help or assistance against the common enemy; but finding none, he looks to the Lord. It is blessed to be stripped of all creature-help and creature-confidence, that...
When I said, my foot slippeth ,.... There is no ground for me to stand upon; all is over with me; there is no hope nor help for me; I am just falling into ruin and destruction: such will be the desp...
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...
When I said, My foot slippeth I am now upon the point of falling into mischief and utter destruction; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up A merciful, gracious, and powerful hand was immediately stretc...
Comfort to Suffering Saints; God the Defence of His People. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O L ORD , and...
My foot slippeth; I am now upon the point of falling into mischief and utter destruction.
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...
Let us read this evening the ninety-fourth Psalm, and may the Spirit of God instruct us while we read it! Psalms 94:1 . O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth,...
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...
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth. .. show Thyself. Persecutors and their victims I. The awful condition of the wicked persecutor. The persecutors referred to ( Psalms 94:1-10 ) are repre...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is primarily ( Psalms 94:1-19 ) a "cry for vengeance on Israel's oppressors, passing into an appeal for more faith to God's own people" (Cheyne). In the latter half ( Psa...
Against Tyrants in the Church. The psalmist, whose name is not given, appeals to God in view of the oppression of the adversaries, who included not only the enemies from without, but also the tyra...
1 Peter 1:5 ; 1 Samuel 2:9 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; John 12:5 ; Luke 22:32 ; Psalms 119:116 ; Psalms 119:117 ; Psalms 121:3 ; Psalms 17:5 ; Psalms 37:23 ; Psalms 37:24 ; Psalms 38:16