Psalms 94:20

the throne of iniquity: i.e. the throne which administers injustice.

iniquity. Hebrew. havvah = cupidity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the injustice produced by desire for gain.

mischief Hebrew. 'amal. App-44.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 94:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall the throne of iniquity - The throne established in iniquity; or, sustaining iniquity. The allusion is probably to what was referred to in t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Shall the throne of iniquity have (n) fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? (n) Though the wicked judges pretend justice in oppress...
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 h...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20 Shall the throne of iniquities have fellowship with thee? He again derives an argument for confidence from the nature of God, it being im...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Shall the throne of iniquity - No wicked king, judge, or mag...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall the throne of iniquity, &c.— Shall the throne of iniquity be favoured by thee, which giveth a sanction to grievances by its edicts? tha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? -God will not suffer enthroned iniquity to prevail, b...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Throne of iniquity. — This is an apt expression for an oppressive and unjust government. The word rendered “iniquity” might mean “calamity” or “des...
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 ju...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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, whi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is the conclusion of every faithful follower of the Lord Jesus. Here he rests the ultimatum of all his exercises. Tell ye the righteous, it shal...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee ,.... Or "be joined with thee", be "partner with thee" f, as antichrist affects to be; who ma...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Ver. 20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship wit...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee? Wilt thou take part with the unrighteous powers of the world, who oppress thy people? Wilt...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Comfort to Suffering Saints; God the Defence of His People. 12 Blesse...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wilt thou take part with the unrighteous powers of the world, who oppress thy people? It is true, they partake of thy name, being called gods, Psal...
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 c...
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 vengea...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is the prayer of a man of God in great trouble, standing out for God in an evil day, when the Lord's people were greatly oppressed, and the hono...
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...
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 pe...
The Biblical Illustrator

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Wrong legalized I. Iniquity has a “throne” on earth. I...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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 no...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with Thee, the judgment-seat of destruction, the tribunal of wicked rulers being allied with God, their...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:5 ; 1 John 1:6 ; 1 Kings 12:32 ; 1 Samuel 22:12 ; 2 Chronicles 6:14-16 ; Amos 6:3 ; Daniel 3:4-7 ; Daniel 6:7-9 ; Ecclesiastes 3:16...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shall — Wilt thou take part with the unrighteous powers of the world who oppress thy people. A law — By virtue of those unrighteous decrees which t...

²⁰ Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 94:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 94:20