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94:7 Then they say <0559>, “The Lord <03050> does not <03808> see <07200> this; the God <0430> of Jacob <03290> does not <03808> take notice <0995> of it.” 94:8 Take notice <0995> of this, you ignorant <01197> people <05971>! You fools <03684>, when <04970> will you ever understand <07919>? 94:9 Does the one who makes <05193> the human ear <0241> not <03808> hear <08085>? Does the one who forms <03335> the human eye <05869> not <03808> see <05027>? 94:10 Does the one who disciplines <03256> the nations <01471> not <03808> punish <03198>? He is the one who imparts <03925> knowledge <01847> to human beings <0120>! 94:11 The Lord <03068> knows <03045> that <03588> peoples <0120>’ thoughts <04284> are morally bankrupt <01892>. 94:12 How blessed <0835> is the one <01397> whom <0834> you instruct <03256>, O Lord <03050>, the one whom you teach <03925> from your law <08451>, 94:13 in order to protect <03738> him from times <03117> of trouble <07451>, until <05704> the wicked <07563> are destroyed <07845>. 94:14 Certainly <03588> the Lord <03068> does not <03808> forsake <05203> his people <05971>; he does not <03808> abandon <05800> the nation that belongs to him <05159>. 94:15 For <03588> justice <04941> will prevail <07725> <06664>, and all <03605> the morally upright <03820> <03477> will be vindicated <0310>. 94:16 Who <04310> will rise <06965> up to defend me against <05973> the wicked <07489>? Who <04310> will stand <03320> up for me against <05973> the evildoers <0205> <06466>? 94:17 If <03884> the Lord <03068> had not helped <05833> me, I would have laid down <07931> in the silence <01745> of death. 94:18 If <0518> I say <0559>, “My foot <07272> is slipping <04131>,” your loyal love <02617>, O Lord <03068>, supports <05582> me. 94:19 When worries <08312> threaten <07130> to overwhelm <07230> me, your soothing touch <08575> makes <08173> me <05315> happy <08173>. 94:20 Cruel <01942> rulers <03678> are not your allies <02266>, those who make <03335> oppressive <05999> laws <02706>. 94:21 They conspire <01413> against <05921> the blameless <06662> <05315>, and condemn <07561> to death <01818> the innocent <05355>. 94:22 But the Lord <03068> will protect <04869> me, and my God <0430> will shelter <04268> me. 94:23 He will pay <07725> them back <07725> for <05921> their sin <0205>. He will destroy <06789> them because of their evil <07451>; the Lord <03068> our God <0430> will destroy <06789> them.

• Psa 94:1-23 -- Psalm 94

• VANITY, VANITIES

  [isbe] VANITY, VANITIES - van'-i-ti, van'-i-tiz (hebhel, 'awen, shaw'; kenos; mataiotes): The words "vain," "vanity," "vanities" are frequent in the Bible. Their idea is almost exclusively that of "evanescence," "emptiness," includ...
  

• THRONE

  [isbe] THRONE - thron. (kicce', a "seat" in 2 Ki 4:10; a "royal seat" in Jon 3:6; thronos): Usually the symbol of kingly power and dignity. Solomon's throne was noted for its splendor and magnificence (1 Ki 10:18-20; compare 2 Ch 9...
  

• SILENCE

  [isbe] SILENCE - si'-lens: Five Hebrew roots, with various derivatives, and two Greek words are thus translated. The word is used literally for dumbness, interrupted speech, as in Lam 2:10; Ps 32:3; Eccl 3:7; Am 5:13; Acts 15:12; 1...
  

• SHEOL

  [isbe] SHEOL - she'-ol (she'ol): 1. The Name 2. The Abode of the Dead (1) Not a State of Unconsciousness (2) Not Removed from God's Jurisdiction (3) Relation to Immortality 3. Post-canonical Period 1. The Name: This word is often t...
  

• ROCK

  [isbe] ROCK - rok ((1) cela`; (2) tsur (3) challamish, "flint"; compare Arabic khalanbus, "flint"; (4) kephim (Job 30:6;" Jer 4:29); compare Kephas, "Cephas" = Petros, "Peter" (Jn 1:42 the King James Version and the Revised Version...
  

• OMNISCIENCE

  [isbe] OMNISCIENCE - om-nish'-ens: The term does not occur in Scripture, either in its nominal or in its adjectival form. 1. Words and Usage: In the Old Testament it is expressed in connection with such words as da'ath, binah, tebh...
  

• JUSTICE

  [isbe] JUSTICE - jus'-tis (tsedhaqah; tsedheq; dikaiosune): The original Hebrew and Greek words are the same as those rendered "righteousness." This is the common rendering, and in about half the cases where we have "just" and "jus...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - es-ka-tol'-o-ji A) Scope of Article B) Dr. Charles' Work C) Individual Religion in Israel I. FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS 1. Idea of God 2. Idea of Man Body, Soul and Spirit 3. Sin and Death II. CONCE...
  

• EAR

  [isbe] EAR - er ('ozen; ous, otion, the latter word (literally, "earlet") in all the Gospels only used of the ear of the high priest's servant, which was cut off by Peter: Mt 26:51; Mk 14:47; Lk 22:51 (not 22:50); Jn 18:10,26): (1)...
  

• DUMAH

  [ebd] silence, (comp. Ps. 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). There was also a town of this name in Judah (Josh....
  [isbe] DUMAH - du'-ma (dumah, "silence"): This word occurs in the Old Testament with the following significations: (1) the land of silence or death, the grave (Ps 94:17; 115:17); (2) a town in the highlands of Judah between Hebron ...
  

• DELIGHT

  [isbe] DELIGHT - de-lit' (verb, chaphets, ratsah, sha`a`; sunedomai): "To delight" is most frequently expressed by chaphets, which means originally "to bend" (compare Job 40:17, "He moveth his tail"), hence, "to incline to," "take ...
  

• DEATH

  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  

• CUT; CUTTING

  [isbe] CUT; CUTTING - (karath, gadha`, kachadh, nathach; apokopto, ekkopto): Many Hebrew words are translated "cut." Of these karath, "to cut down, out, off," is the most frequent. As "cut off" it is used in the sense of laying or ...
  

• CHASTENING; CHASTISEMENT

  [isbe] CHASTENING; CHASTISEMENT - chas'-'-n-ing, chas'-tiz-ment: These two words corresponding to Hebrew mucar, and Greek paideia, are distinguished in English use, in that "chastisement" is applied to the infliction of pain, eithe...
  

• BRUTE; BRUTISH

  [isbe] BRUTE; BRUTISH - broot, brootish (ba`ar, "stupid"; alogos, "without speech," hence, irrational, unreasonable (Acts 25:27; 2 Pet 2:12; Jude 1:10 the King James Version)): The man who denies God acts in an irrational way. Such...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Afflictions

  [ebd] common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the good of men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Cor. 12:7) and the glory of God (2 Cor. 12:7-10; 1 Pet. 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the Lord's people (Ps. 94:12; Prov. 3...
  

• AFFLICTION

  [isbe] AFFLICTION - a-flik'-shun: Represents no fewer than 11 Hebrew words in the Old Testament, and 3 Greek words in the New Testament, of which the most common are (oni), (thlipsis). It is used (1) actively = that which causes or...
  

• Psalms 94: How Long Will the Wicked Be Jubilant?

  

• [Psa 94:19] Thou Lovely Source Of True Delight

  Thou lovely Source of true delight, Whom I unseen adore; Unveil Thy beauties to my sight, That I may love Thee more. Thy glory o’er creation shines; But in Thy sacred Word, I read in fairer, brighter lines, My bleeding, dying Lord. ’Tis here, whene’er my comforts droop, And sins and sorrows rise, Thy love with cheerful beams of hope, My fainting heart supplies. Jesus, my Lord, my Life, my Light, O come with blissful ray; Break radiant through the shades of night, And chase my fears away. Then shall my soul with rapture trace The wonders of Thy love; But the full glories of Thy face Are only known above.

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• [Psa 94:19] Thought Of God, The

  One thought I have, my ample creed, So deep it is and broad, And equal to my every need— It is the thought of God. Each morn unfolds some fresh surprise, I feast at life’s full board; And rising in my inner skies Shines forth the thought of God. At night my gladness is my prayer; I drop my daily load, And every care is pillowed there Upon the thought of God. I ask not far before to see, But take in trust my road; Life, death, and immortality Are in my thought of God. To this their secret strength they owed The martyr’s path who trod; The fountains of their patience flowed From out their thought of God. Be still the light upon my way, My pilgrim staff and rod, My rest by night, my strength by day O blessèd thought of God.

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• [Psa 94:22] Sweetly Resting

  In the rifted Rock I’m resting; Safely sheltered, I abide. There no foes nor storms molest me, While within the cleft I hide. Refrain Now I’m resting, sweetly resting, In the cleft once made for me. Jesus, blessèd Rock of Ages, I will hide myself in Thee. Long pursued by sin and Satan, Weary, sad, I longed for rest. Then I found this heav’nly shelter, Opened in my Savior’s breast. Refrain Peace which passeth understanding, Joy the world can never give, Now in Jesus I am finding; In His smiles of love I live. Refrain In the rifted Rock I’ll hide me Till the storms of life are past; All secure in this blest refuge, Heeding not the fiercest blast. Refrain

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• [Psa 94:22] When Thickly Beat The Storms Of Life

  When thickly beat the storms of life, And heavy is the chastening rod, The soul, beyond the waves of strife, Views the eternal Rock—her God. What hope dispels the spirit’s gloom, When sinking ’neath affliction’s shock? Faith, through the vista of the tomb, Points to the everlasting Rock. Is there a man who cannot see That joy and grief are from above? O let him humbly bend the knee, And own his Father’s chastening love. Hope, grace, and truth, with gentle hand, Shall lead a bleeding Savior’s flock, And show them, in the promised land, The shelter of th’eternal Rock.

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• Is Trouble Sent As a Punishment?
  The Bible does not teach that all trouble comes from God as a punishment. It recognizes the fact that trouble is in the world, and, while it has some very definite things to say about it, it does not attempt to give a complet...

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