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Psalms 94:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 94:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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THIS psalm is primarily () 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 () the psalmist comforts himself with the thought that God will assuredly protect his own, and bring destruction upon the evil doers (). Metrically, the psalm is made up of four strophes—the first of seven verses (); the next of four (); the third of eight (); and the last of four ().

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