Psalms 94:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? ”

Psalms 94:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? - The word rendered utter means to pour forth - as water from a fountain; to pour forth copiously. The meaning is, that they seemed to be full, an...
Psalms 94:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 94:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquity. Hebrew. aven . Same word as in verses: Psalms 94:16 ; Psalms 94:23 . not Psalms 94:20 .
Psalms 94:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 They pour forth, they speak hard things (15) He shows in still clearer terms, how their fierceness in persecution was such that they did not scruple to glory in their guilt. The Hebrew ve...
Psalms 94:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? They utter and speak - יביאו yabbiu, their hearts get full of pride and insolence; and then, f...
Psalms 94:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? Lord, how long shall the wicked ... triumph? (How lo...
Psalms 94:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 94:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How long... and. — It is better to omit the italics, and render: They speak out of utter impudence: all evil-doers boast. The word rendered “boast” is by modern scholars connected with the Arabia...
Psalms 94:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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....
Psalms 94:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord Who Ruleth over All Psalms 93:1-5 ; Psalms 94:1-5 It is thought that these two psalms date from the Assyrian invasion in Hezekiah's time, and that the psalmist compares the strength o...
Psalms 94:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 94:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is always a mark of grace when the Lord's afflicted ones can commit their cause, be it what it may, into the hands of God. But though a believing soul can, and will refer all into the divine wisdo...
Psalms 94:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? ,.... Against Christ, his person and offices, his ministers, his people, his truths and ordinances; this is very applicable to antichrist, who has a...
Psalms 94:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 94:4 [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? Ver. 4. How long shall they utter ] Heb. They will bluster (or well-out, as a...
Psalms 94:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O God, to whom vengeance belongeth To whom, as the supreme Judge of the world, the patron and protector of the righteous, and the declared enemy of all wickedness and wicked men, and to whom alone...
Psalms 94:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Appeal to God against Persecutors; The Folly of Atheists and Oppressors. 1 O L ORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O...
Psalms 94:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Utter; or, pour forth freely, constantly, abundantly, as a fountain doth waters, as this Hebrew word signifies. Hard things; grievous, and insolent, and intolerable words against thee and thy p...
Psalms 94:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 94:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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,...
Psalms 94:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 94:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 94:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 94:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 94:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 11:36 ; Daniel 11:37 ; Daniel 7:11 ; Daniel 7:25 ; Daniel 7:8 ; Daniel 8:11 ; Exodus 15:10 ; Exodus 15:9 ; Isaiah 10:13-15 ; Isaiah 37:24 ; Isaiah 37:25 ; Jeremiah 18:18 ; Job 21:...
Psalms 94:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Utter — Or pour forth freely, constantly, abundantly, as a fountain doth waters (so this Hebrew word signifies.) Hard things — Insolent, and intolerable words against thee and thy people.

Psalms 94:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 94:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 94:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 94:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 94:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 94:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 94:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 94:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 94:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 94:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 94:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 94:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 94:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 94:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 94:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 94:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes