Psalms 94:5

94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

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They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.

94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

What does Psalms 94:5 mean?

Psalms 94:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָּכָא (dâkâʼ), עַם (ʻam), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh).

Hebrew interlinear

They

break

piecesדָּכָאdâkâʼ/daw-kaw'/H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)

thy

people,עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

and

afflictעָנָהʻânâh/aw-naw'/H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

thine

heritage.נַחֲלָהnachălâh/nakh-al-aw'/H5159properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

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What does Psalms 94:5 say?

Psalms 94:5 (King James Version) reads: "They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage."

Is Psalms 94:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 94:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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