Verses 12-13.
1. The Blessed. (a) Divinely taught. (b) Divinely chastised.
2. The Blessing. (a) Rest in Affliction. (b) Rest from Affliction. G. R.
Verse 14.
1. Fear implied. That God will cast off, forsake, etc.
2. Fear denied. God will not cast off—will not forsake. G. R.
Verse 14.
1. Display his bright doctrine on a dark background. What if the converse were true? Considerations that might lead us to apprehend it true.
2. Joyfully regard the glowing truth itself. The doctrine declared. The reasons hinted (His people. His inheritance). The confidence expressed. C.A.D.
Verse 15.
1. Judgment suspended.
2. Judgment returned.
3. Judgment acknowledged. G. R.
Verse 16.
1. The question asked by the church of her champions.
2. The answer of every true hearted man.
3. The yet more encouraging answer of her Lord.
Verses 16-17. The sole source of succour.
1. A loud cry for help. As from a champion, or advocate.
2. Earth's answer. A dead silence, disturbed only by echo (Ps 94:17).
3. The succouring voice that breaks the silence—the Lord's (Ps 94:17). C.A.D.
Verse 18. The blessedness of the confession of weakness.
1. The confession.
2. The succour.
3. The time.
4. The acknowledgment. C.A.D.
Verse 19.
1. In the multitude of my unbelieving thoughts thy comforts delight my soul.
2. In the multitude of my penitential thoughts thy comforts, etc.
3. In the multitude of my worldly thoughts, etc.
4. In the multitude of my family or social thoughts, etc.
5. Of my desponding thoughts, etc.
6. Of my prospective thoughts, etc.
Or
1. There is no consolation for man in himself.
2. There is no consolation for him in other creatures.
3. His only consolation is in God. G.R.
Verse 19.
1. The soul jostled in the thoroughfare of anxious thoughts.
2. The delectable company nevertheless enjoyed. C.A.D.
Verse 20. "It is the law of the land, you know, "—the limit of this authority both in temporal and spiritual matters.
Verse 20.
1. God can have no fellowship with the wicked.
2. The wicked can have no fellowship with God. G. R.
Verse 20. Divine politics.
1. There are thrones erected in opposition to the throne of God, "thrones of iniquity, " e.g. which trespass on civil liberty, which infringe religious equality, which derive revenue from evil commerce, etc.
2. Such thrones, whatever their pretensions, are excluded from divine fellowship; between them and God a great gulf is fixed. C.A.D.
Verses 21-22.
1. The Danger of the righteous (Ps 94:21).
2. Their Defence (Ps 94:22). G. R.
Verse 2 1-23.
1. Sentence passed in the court of injustice (Ps 94:21).
2. An element in the case not considered by the court (Ps 94:22).
3. The sentence consequently alighting on the right heads (Ps 94:23). (This passage, under a very thin veil, exhibits Christ. Mt 27:1) C.A.D.
Verse 23.
1. None may punish God's enemies but himself. "He shall bring, "etc.
2. None need punish them but himself. (a) It will be complete,—"shall cut them off." (b) Certain. "Yea, "etc. G.R.
WORK UPON THE NINETY-FOURTH PSALM
In the Works of Cardinal Sadoleto (1477-1547), pp. 895-972, there is an Exposition of this Psalm, 8 volume edition, Anno Domini 1607.