Psalm 94:5

Translations

Modern

They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

Traditional

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

Literal

Your people, O YHWH, they crush, and Your heritage they afflict.

Latin

Populum tuum, Domine, humiliaverunt, et hæreditatem tuam vexaverunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

Notes

Psalms 94:1–7

After the community suffers at the hands of the wicked (Psalm 94:5–7), they pray for the Lord to bring justice (see Psalm 7:11; 9:12).

Psalms 94:1–23

This plea for the Lord’s justice includes both communal and individual expressions of sorrow (Psalm 94:1–7, 16–23). The psalmist speaks about the pain and suffering caused by the wicked. He also describes the comfort and stability of the Lord’s protection. He calls on the Lord to avenge the needy against the arrogant and foolish, he rebukes such people for their foolishness (Psalm 94:8–11), and speaks a blessing on the wise (94:12–15).

Psalms 93:1–100:5

These psalms challenge the doubts created by the exile (see Psalm 89) and answer the questions asked in Psalm 90:11, 13. The Lord has established a kingdom (Psalm 93) that is characterized by:

punishment of the wicked (Psalm 94),
respectful obedience among his people (Psalm 95),
justice for the poor (Psalm 96),
celebration in Zion (Psalm 97),
salvation for Israel (Psalm 98),
holiness (Psalm 99), and
praise (Psalm 100).

Theme notes and profiles

David The Creator-King Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Isaiah 3:15
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Psalm 79:2–3
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 11:3
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Psalm 129:2–3
…many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Psalm 74:19–20
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
Exodus 2:23–24
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
Jeremiah 50:11
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
Micah 3:2–3
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
Psalm 79:7
…for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
Psalm 7:2
…or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Revelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
Psalm 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Glossary

David Imprecatory Psalms Music Psalms, Book of

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Persecution of the Righteous Wicked (People): Described

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