Chapter 94

Songs of praise to David, not inscribed in Hebrews. Here a host of saints exhorts the rebellious Israelites to approach the salvation given by Christ, showing that they will be heard if they fall to Him; because He is the Creator and loves His own work. And after the exhortation of the Saints, the Holy Spirit himself is introduced, commanding the disobedient not to imitate the unbelief of the fathers. Ps.94:1. Come, let us rejoice in the Lord. The saints command the disobedient, calling them to rejoice, to go as if to a holiday, in order to convince them of this. Let us exclaim to God our Savior. It is well said: “let us shout,” that is, having arrived, we will sing songs of victory. For the cry is a song about the defeat of enemies. This Psalmist makes it clear that Christ, having entered into battle for us with opposing forces, overthrew them. Ps.94:2. Let us anticipate His face in confession. As if he were saying this: before He sits in judgment, let us first confess His face, that is, the Son, and gain His favor towards us. In this case, it will turn out to your benefit; because confession has a good ending. This is what the words mean: “Let us shout to Him in psalms.” Ps.94:3. And the great King is above all gods 9, that is, over those who believed and, as if in reward for that, accepted the right to be called gods, according to what was said: “Behold, I have given you a god to Pharaoh” (Ex. 7:1). If we make confession, we will not be deceived in our hope, because God will reward us as His own people. Ps.94:5. For Togo is the sea. Shows that God, as the Creator of all creation, visible and invisible, will not despise His creation, falling to Him in confession. Ps.94:6. Come, let us worship and fall down before Him. The saints call themselves worshipers and weepers in order to make their listeners all the more zealous for confession. Ps.94:8. Today if you hear His voice. Here the Lord himself begins to exhort them to be submissive, and not as their fathers showed themselves to be in the wilderness. Through the days of temptation in the desert, Ps.94:9. where your fathers tempted Me. For they sometimes tempted God by walking in a different way than the right path of the Lord. Ps.94:11. For they swore in My wrath, if they entered into My rest. Scripture points us to a threefold rest: the first rest is carnal, Sabbath rest; the second rest is the ascension to the land of promise, in which Joshua (Joshua) laid them to rest; and the third peace is heavenly, which is what the word means here. And there was no need to mention others if this is true peace. Therefore, it is meant to be understood that true peace is, after leaving this world, dwelling in the heavenly abodes. Corresponds to the Greek text of the verse. You might be interested in: