EXPOSITION
THIS psalm is primarily (Psalms 94:1-11) a "cry for vengeance on Israel's oppressors, passing into an appeal for more faith to God's own people" (Cheyne). In the latter half (Psalms 94:12-23) the psalmist comforts himself with the thought that God will assuredly protect his own, and bring destruction upon the evil doers (Psalms 94:12-23). Metrically, the psalm is made up of four strophes—the first of seven verses (Psalms 94:1-7); the next of four (Psalms 94:8-11); the third of eight (Psalms 94:12-19); and the last of four (Psalms 94:20-23).