Psalms 94:4

94:4 They spew out threats ¹  and speak defiantly;

all the evildoers boast. ² 

Psalms 94:8

94:8 Take notice of this, ³  you ignorant people! ⁴ 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

[94:4]  ¹ tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”

[94:4]  ² tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).

[94:8]  ³ tn Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.

[94:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”