Psalms

Chapter 94

The LORD Will Not Forget His People

This psalm appeals to the God of vengeance to rise against arrogant oppressors who crush the weak while imagining that the LORD does not see. It answers that folly by insisting that the Creator of the ear and eye surely hears and sees, and that his discipline forms wisdom in those he teaches. From there the psalm moves into personal testimony: when the singer's foot slipped or anxieties multiplied, the LORD upheld and comforted him. It ends by declaring that corrupt power cannot stand with God and that the LORD will bring the wicked down in their own evil.

Psalm 94 is both communal protest and personal confidence. It teaches that appeal for judgment is not contrary to faith when the vulnerable are being crushed, and that divine justice includes both the correction of God's people and the final overthrow of oppressive rule.

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Psalms 94

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vv. 1-23

The LORD Will Not Forget His People

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O¹ LORD, God of vengeance, ²Rise up, O Judge of the earth; ³How long will the wicked, O LORD, ⁴They pour out arrogant words; ⁵They crush Your people, O LORD; ⁶They kill the widow and the foreigner; ⁷They say, “The LORD does not see;

⁸Take notice, O senseless among the people! ⁹He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? ¹⁰He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? ¹¹The LORD knows the thoughts of man, ¹²Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, ¹³to grant him relief from days of trouble, ¹⁴For the LORD will not forsake His people; ¹⁵Surely judgment will again be righteous,

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the wicked? ¹⁷Unless the LORD had been my helper, ¹⁸If I say, “My foot is slipping,” ¹⁹When anxiety overwhelms me,

²⁰Can a corrupt throne be Your ally — ²¹They band together against the righteous ²²But the LORD has been my stronghold, ²³He will bring upon them their own iniquity

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01vv. 1-23The LORD Will Not Forget His PeopleThe psalm opens by calling on the God of vengeance and Judge of the earth to repay the proud for their violence. It describes the arrogance of the wicked, their oppression of God's people, and their delusion that the LORD neither sees nor understands. The song then turns to instruction, insisting that the Maker of human senses surely perceives and that those disciplined by the LORD are blessed. Finally, the speaker gives personal testimony that God has been helper, support, and comfort in distress, before closing with the assurance that the LORD will expose and destroy corrupt rulers and evildoers.