Psalm 94 Worksheet

NKJV Heading – God the refuge of the righteous.

God is the righteous ____________________ who will have the last word V. 1-2

Notice in verse 1 He ___________________ the thought – “You heard me right, God is a God of righteous judgment!

Lament over the wicked’s arrogant words ____________________ God V. 3-7

“How long?” – the cry of saints in both testaments when they see _______________________ in the world.

Deuteronomy 21:1-9 The Proverbs 31 man James 1 – pure religion

The wicked are so arrogant they say Israel’s God either doesn’t exist, doesn’t care, or is _________________ to do anything to stop them.

God knows the wicked are __________________ Him V. 8-11

In verse 8 the Psalmist challenges the ignorant and/or wicked to ‘__________________ up’ before the patient God of vengeance deals with them in judgment.

Verse 11 has another reference to God’s omniscience – His _________________ knowledge of all things.

God will eventually right things for His people who _________________ Him V. 12-21

The word blessed in verse 12 is a ‘call back’ to Psalm ___________ – Delight in God’s law, apply it obediently, and you will be okay in the coming day of reversals.

Verse 14 reminds us that even though earthly rulers now _____________________ us, there will be days of righteousness coming for God’s people (Acts 3:19-21)

Verse 18 reminds us of Deuteronomy 32:5, the verse used when Jonathan Edwards preached the Great Awakening.

Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them. -Deuteronomy 32:35

We often speak of the imminence of the Second Coming of Jesus. By that we mean that it ‘___________________________’ what happens on earth now, promising a time when God will square all accounts before people live on either the new earth or lake of fire.

But notice what the Psalmist who trusted in God preaches to himself in verse 18 – Your mercy (Hesed) will hold me up, so I won’t slide down to Hell. Hesed is God’s steadfast love. The word (H2617) occurs 240 times in the Old Testament; 139 of those are in the poetic books; 127 are in the Psalms. The word occurs in ________________ Psalms (0ver 1/3rd!).

Philippians 4:6-7; Psalm 37:4!

Verses 20-21 remind us that wicked politicians are _____________________ when they claim to know God but legislate immorality.

God is the righteous judge who will have the last word V. 22-23

Verse 1 started the Psalm with double emphasis on God’s vengeance; Verse 23 ends the Psalm with double emphasis on the wicked being cut off! Note clearly that the call is not to take matters into our own hands but ________________________ by faith in God to have the final word.

Psalm 37

Job 19:23-27

Psalm 37 helps us understand the hope of Old Testament saints – not being forever with God on a cloud, but being forever with God on a ____________________ earth that the wicked don’t get to inhabit any more.

The book of Jonah shows God graciously extending his ‘Hesed’ to the wicked Ninevites when they repented. Even as we warn the wicked, hold out the gospel of __________________ to those who repent!