Psalms 94:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

Psalms 94:5 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 earth. …
Micah 3:2-3
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; …
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 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. …

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Bigotry Intolerance, Religious Martyrdom Persecution Suffering Wicked (people)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

In these verses we have, I. A solemn appeal to God against the cruel oppressors of his people, Ps. 94:1, 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? Luke 18:3, 7. Observe here, 1. The titles they give to God for the encouraging of their faith i…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5-6. thy people [and] thine heritage--are synonymous, the people being often called God’s heritage. As justice to the weak is a sign of the best government, their oppression is a sign of the worst (De 10:18; Is 10:2).