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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 113 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 113. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/113/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 113. Psalm 94

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[¶0] 1 O Jehovah! God of vengeances! O God of vengeances! shine forth.

[¶1] 2 Lift up thyself; O judge of the earth! Render a reward to the proud.

[¶2] 3 How long shall the ungodly, O Jehovah! How long shall the ungodly triumph?

[¶3] 4 They pour forth, they speak hard things, Extol themselves do all the workers of iniquity.

[¶4] 5 Thy people, O Jehovah! they break in pieces; And thy inheritance they afflict:

[¶5] 6 The widow, and the stranger they slay, And the orphans they put to death.

[¶6] 7 And they have said, “God shall not see, “The God of Jacob shall not know..”

[¶7] 8 Understand, ye stupid among the people! And ye fools! when will ye be wise?

[¶8] 9 He who planted the ear shall not He hear? He who formed the eye, shall not He see?

[¶9] 10 He who chastiseth the nations, shall not He correct? He who teacheth man knowledge?

[¶10] 11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of men that they are vain.

[¶11] 12 Blessed is the man whom thou hast instructed, O God! And out of thy law hast taught;

[¶12] 13 To give him rest from days of evil, Whilst there is digged for the ungodly [man] a pit.

[¶13] 14 Surely Jehovah will not cast off his people, And his inheritance he will not forsake.

[¶14] 15 For return shall judgment unto righteousness, And [follow] after him shall all the upright in heart.

[¶15] 16 Who will rise up for me against my adversaries? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

[¶16] 17 Unless Jehovah had been a help to me, My soul had well-nigh dwelt in silence.

[¶17] 18 If I said, “Slidden hath my foot,” Thy goodness, O Jehovah! hath sustained me.

[¶18] 19 In the multitude of my thoughts, Within me thy comforts cheer my soul.

[¶19] 20 Shall the throne of iniquities have fellowship with thee, Framing molestation for law?

[¶20] 21 They will gather together against the soul of the righteous, And the blood of the innocent they will condemn.

[¶21] 22 But Jehovah hath been to me for a fortress; And my God for the rock of my confidence:

[¶22] 23 And he shall retribute upon them their own iniquity, And in their wickedness he shall destroy them; Destroy them shall Jehovah our God.