18 When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.
For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. Though he stumble, he shall not fall, For Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold me up, and I will be safe, And will have respect for your statutes continually.
Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
My steps have held fast to your paths, My feet have not slipped.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
"Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor?"
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Commentary on Psalms 94 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 94
This psalm was penned when the church of God was under hatches, oppressed and persecuted; and it is an appeal to God, as the judge of heaven and earth, and an address to him, to appear for his people against his and their enemies. Two things this psalm speaks:-
In singing this psalm we must look abroad upon the pride of oppressors with a holy indignation, and the tears of the oppressed with a holy compassion; but, at the same time, look upwards to the righteous Judge with an entire satisfaction, and look forward, to the end of all these things, with a pleasing hope.
Psa 94:1-11
In these verses we have,
Psa 94:12-23
The psalmist, having denounced tribulation to those that trouble God's people, here assures those that are troubled of rest. See 2 Th. 1:6, 7. He speaks comfort to suffering saints from God's promises and his own experience.