#Psalm 94

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אֵל־נְקָמ֥וֹת יְהֹוָ֑ה אֵ֖ל נְקָמ֣וֹת הוֹפִֽיעַ׃ הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃ עַד־מָתַ֖י רְשָׁעִ֥ים ׀ יְהֹוָ֑ה עַד־מָ֝תַ֗י רְשָׁעִ֥ים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃ יַבִּ֣יעוּ יְדַבְּר֣וּ עָתָ֑ק יִ֝תְאַמְּר֗וּ כׇּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ עַמְּךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֣ה יְדַכְּא֑וּ וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ יְעַנּֽוּ׃ אַלְמָנָ֣ה וְגֵ֣ר יַהֲרֹ֑גוּ וִ֖יתוֹמִ֣ים יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃ וַ֭יֹּ֣אמְרוּ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־יָּ֑הּ וְלֹא־יָ֝בִ֗ין אֱלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃ בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃ הֲנֹ֣טַֽע אֹ֭זֶן הֲלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א יַבִּֽיט׃ הֲיֹסֵ֣ר גּ֭וֹיִם הֲלֹ֣א יוֹכִ֑יחַ הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖ד אָדָ֣ם דָּֽעַת׃ יְֽהֹוָ֗ה יֹ֭דֵעַ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָדָ֑ם כִּי־הֵ֥מָּה הָֽבֶל׃ אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ הַגֶּ֣בֶר אֲשֶׁר־תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּ יָּ֑הּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ׃ לְהַשְׁקִ֣יט ל֭וֹ מִ֣ימֵי רָ֑ע עַ֤ד יִכָּרֶ֖ה לָרָשָׁ֣ע שָֽׁחַת׃ כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יִטֹּ֣שׁ יְהֹוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְ֝נַחֲלָת֗וֹ לֹ֣א יַעֲזֹֽב׃ כִּֽי־עַד־צֶ֭דֶק יָשׁ֣וּב מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝אַחֲרָ֗יו כׇּל־יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃ מִֽי־יָ��֣וּם לִ֭י עִם־מְרֵעִ֑ים מִי־יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב לִ֝֗י עִם־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הֹוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י כִּמְעַ֓ט ׀ שָׁכְנָ֖ה דוּמָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃ אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃ בְּרֹ֣ב שַׂרְעַפַּ֣י בְּקִרְבִּ֑י תַּ֝נְחוּמֶ֗יךָ יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃ הַֽ֭יְחׇבְרְךָ כִּסֵּ֣א הַוּ֑וֹת יֹצֵ֖ר עָמָ֣ל עֲלֵי־חֹֽק׃ יָ֭גוֹדּוּ עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְדָ֖ם נָקִ֣י יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃ וַיְהִ֬י יְהֹוָ֣ה לִ֣י לְמִשְׂגָּ֑ב וֵ֝אלֹהַ֗י לְצ֣וּר מַחְסִֽי׃ וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

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Monday Prayers Before an Election

Prayer Shawl Prayers stimulated by the language of the psalms. These prayers are designed for three “stops” in the day. A morning stop is the “begin the day” stop. The mid-day stop is a call to repentance because the Christian life is a life of repentance. And the evening stop is a benediction on the day. All of them are just a start. Feel free to wrap your own prayers about anything and anyone…

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Ayuda en la Hora Oscura

“Si el Señor no me hubiera ayudado, ya estaría habitando en el silencio de la muerte” (Salmo 94:17).

En tiempos de angustia, este versículo nos recuerda que nuestra fuerza proviene de Dios. Cuando sentimos que ya no podemos más, Su gracia nos sostiene. El salmista reconoce que sin la ayuda divina, habría sucumbido a la desesperación. Hoy, si enfrentas dificultades, recuerda que el Señor es tu apoyo constante. Él te rescata y te da fuerzas para seguir adelante.

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The Treasury of David

Buy it for your Kindle Psalm 95 ExpositionExplanatory Notes and Quaint SayingsHints to the Village Preacher TITLE. This Psalm has no title, and all we know of its authorship is that Paul quotes it as “in David.” (Heb 4:7.) Indeed, this may merely signify that it is to be found in the collection known as David’s Psalms; but if such were the Apostle’s meaning it would have been more natural for…

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Psalm 94 | KJV Audio (With Text)

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1 Corinthians 3:18–20

18 Μηδεὶς ἑαυτὸν ἐξαπατάτω· εἴ τις δοκεῖ σοφὸς εἶναι ἐν ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, μωρὸς γενέσθω, ἵνα γένηται σοφός. 19 ἡ γὰρ σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου μωρία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν. γέγραπται γάρ,  Ὁ δρασσόμενος τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν·  20 καὶ πάλιν,  Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν σοφῶν  ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι. 

My translation: 

18 No one must deceive himself; if anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, he must become dull, in order that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is dullness before God. For it has been written,  “He is the one seizing the wise in their craftiness;”  20 and again,  “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise  That they are empty.” 

Notes:

3:18 

ἐξαπατάω (6x) is an intensified form of ἀπατάω (3x) “I deceive”, itself from ἡ ἀπάτη (7x) “deceit; the ἐκ- prefix indicates the completeness of the deception. The substantival μηδεὶς is the subject of the present 3s imperative ἐξαπατάτω and reflexive pronoun ἑαυτὸν is the direct object. The present-tense suggests a prohibition of an activity already in progress. 

The accent from the enclitic τις has fallen back onto εἴ. εἰ introduces the protasis of a first-class conditional statement. The indefinite pronoun τις is the subject of the present δοκεῖ (from δοκέω); the present infinitive εἶναι (from εἰμί) denotes content after a verb of mental perception (Wallace 605); the adjective σοφὸς (“wise”; see note on v. 19) is predicate. As the previous clause makes clear, the idea is not, “seems to be wise” (i.e., by others), but reflexively, “thinks himself wise” (so most translations, e.g., HCSB: “If anyone among you thinks he is wise”). The prepositional phrase ἐν ὑμῖν limits τις. The near-demonstrative pronoun τούτῳ is attributive with τῷ αἰῶνι; demonstrative pronouns do not take a repeated article when in the second attributive position as they are already inherently definite. The preposition ἐν modifies σοφὸς and is locative/temporal, denoting adherence to this world’s system (NIV: “by the standards of this age”; NIGTC: “wise in terms of this world order”). Paul seems to intend something of an oxymoron with the double usage of ἐν; those “among” you should no longer be “in” the world. 

In the apodosis of the condition, the adjective μωρὸς (“foolish”; see note on 1:25) is predicate with the 2nd aorist 3s imperative γενέσθω (from γίνομαι). The unexpressed subject of the verb is the same as τις above. 

ἵνα + subjunctive indicates purpose with the above imperative. After the 2nd aorist subjunctive γένηται (from γίνομαι), the adjective σοφός (“wise”; see note on v. 19) is predicate. 

3:19 

ἡ σοφία, modified by descriptive genitive τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, is the subject of the present ἐστιν (from εἰμί) and the adjective μωρία (“foolishness”; see note on 1:18) is predicate. The preposition phrase παρὰ with the dative τῷ θεῷ denotes viewpoint, “in the sight or judgment of someone” (BDAG). NIGTC, however, takes the preposition in its original spatial sense (“beside, alongside”), saying that NRSV’s “with” (so also NET, HCSB) ‘undertranslates’, while NIV’s “in God’s sight” is possible but ‘loses the vivid force of a quasi-spatial metaphor which turns on being alongside.’ Contextually, μωρία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ is the counterpoint to σοφὸς ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ above; what is wisdom from the world’s perspective is foolishness from God’s perspective. 

For γέγραπται, see note on 1:19. 

The first citation comes from Job 5:13, and does not follow the LXX (which reads ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ φρονήσει); Paul may be translating directly from the Hebrew. 

The hapax legomenon δράσσομαι is literally, “I take by the handful, grasp by the hand”, from the same root as ἡ δραχμή (3x), a coin worth the same as a handful of silver; figuratively, “I catch, seize” (BDAG). The articular present participle ὁ δρασσόμενος is a pendant nominative. In its context in the LXX, the pendant is not unusual, lying as it does in a long string of attributive participles talking about the Lord. Here, it is to be translated as a finite verb (“He catches ...”). The articular adjective τοὺς σοφοὺς (“wise”; see note on v. 19) is substantival and the direct object of the participle. 

ἡ πανουργία (5x) comes from πᾶν + τό ἔργον and literally refers to, “[the doing of] every deed”, i.e., the willingness to do anything to achieve one’s aim (cf. πανοῦργος, 1x, “crafty”); BDAG: “cunning, craftiness, trickery”; ICC: “cleverness”. τῇ πανουργίᾳ is modified by the subjective genitive αὐτῶν referring to the wise. The preposition ἐν is instrumental. Paul’s switch to πανουργία from the LXX’s φρόνησις better reflects the underlying Hebrew עֹרֶם orem (NIGTC). 

3:20 

καὶ πάλιν introduces a second OT citation, modifying an implied γέγραπται. The second citation is close to the LXX of 93:11 (94:11 MT), except that Paul has replaced τῶν ἀνθρώπων with τῶν σοφῶν; ἄνθρωπος better reflects the Hebrew, but σοφός matches the context of the Psalm (ICC, NIGTC). 

ὁ διαλογισμός (14x) can refer to the process of thinking (“reasonings”, NASB, HCSB) or the outcome (“thoughts”, NRSV, NIV, NET). τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς is the direct object of the present γινώσκει (from γινώσκω) and κύριος is the subject. τῶν σοφῶν (“wise”; see note on v. 19) is a subjective genitive. 

ὅτι introduces indirect discourse after a verb of cognition. It is not uncommon in the NT to find the subject of a dependent clause (here, “thoughts”) attracted out of the content clause to be the direct object of the verb of perception (i.e., “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are ...” = “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are ...”).  The adjective μάταιος (6x) is, “idle, empty, fruitless, useless, powerless, lacking truth” (BDAG); NRSV, NIV, NET: “futile”; HCSB: “meaningless”. “The thoughts of the wise” is the unexpressed subject of the present εἰσὶν (from εἰμί) and μάταιοι is predicate.

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PSALMS S.O.A.P. ~ PSALM 94

Tuesday, 11/28/23

SCRIPTURE:

Who stands up for me against the wicked?  Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?  ~ Psalm 94:16 

OBSERVATION:

Who stands up for me against the wicked?

Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?

Who stands up for me against - and removes all of - my own wickedness and evilness?

Jesus... (and that's NOT just the Sunday School answer, either...)

APPLICATION:

Kneel before Him...

Stand with Him...

PRAYER: (Bringing in verses 7,9,11,14,18,19, & 22)

Ever faithful and supportive Father, my rock and protection - Your comfort brings me peace and joy - I ask forgiveness for the times I knowingly and mistakenly think You won't see or pay attention to my selfishness and distracted wandering from Your will... and give thanks that You do not, will not, leave me in spite of myself... May Your Holy Spirit continue to remind me of Your presence - seeing and hearing and knowing my thoughts, even before they form themselves into words and actions... In the Name of Your Son and my savior Jesus, and for Your glory in all things in my life and the lives of those around me... 

As always, yours always, in all ways - for His glory...

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Defense, Rock, and Refuge

Psalm 94:22-23. But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the Rock of my refuge. And He shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. Verses 3-4 of this psalm ask the question, “LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the…

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going to silence

20230326 Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com going to silence Psalm 94:16-23 (JDV) Psalm 94:16 Who will stand up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against troublemakers?Psalm 94:17 If Yahveh had not been my helper, my throat would soon settle down in the silence of death.Psalm 94:18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your covenant faithfulness will support me,…

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Not By Might Shall Man Prevail (1 Sam 2:1-10)

Not By Might Shall Man Prevail (1 Sam 2:1-10)

The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here.*Originally preached September 4th, 2022* Might makes right. Nice guys finish last. These are truisms that we are familiar with that tell us something that we don’t like. Our culture has been saturated by Christianity long enough that we have a set of moral tastebuds that tell us that the…

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Psalm 94:19 (NIV) - When anxiety was great within me, Your consolation brought me joy.

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December 4: Liturgies for Life

A Morning Call to Worship Psalm 34 Bless the LORD at all times, but especially to start the day.May His praises inhabit your mouth, And may your boasts of Him be both humble and glad.May you taste and see that He is good.And may His goodness remind you throughout the daythat He redeems all who take refuge in Him. An Afternoon Prayer of Confession Psalm 64, 94 Sometimes Lord, dullness and lethargy…

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"Digno de Toda Alabanza"

El Salmo 96:4 nos recuerda que Dios es grande y digno de alabanza. Como cristianos, somos llamados a proclamar Su grandeza y compartir Su verdad. A veces el temor nos detiene, pero al reconocer quién es Dios y cuánto nos ha dado, nuestro corazón debe llenarse de pasión por hacerlo conocer. La próxima vez que sientas temor, recuerda: Él es digno y la humanidad necesita escuchar de Su amor y salvación.

"¡Grande es el Señor y digno de alabanza!" (Salmo 96:4).

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The Treasury of David

Buy it for your Kindle Psalm 94 ExpositionExplanatory Notes and Quaint SayingsHints to the Village PreacherOther Works   SUBJECT. The writer sees evil doers in power, and smarts under their oppressions. His sense of the divine sovereignty, of which he had been singing in the previous Psalm, leads him to appeal to God as the great Judge of the earth; this he does with much vehemence and…

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I Am Yours

I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts. — Psalms 119:94 | Berean Standard Bible (BSB) The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God’s Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Cross References: Psalm 119:45; Psalm 119:146; Psalm 119:155

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Psalms 119:94 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary

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the LORD-knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

(Psalm 94:11, ESV)