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Psalm 94

Psa. 94:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessed
'esher (Hebrew #835)
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
KJV usage: blessed, happy.
Pronounce: eh'-sher
Origin: from 833
d is the man
geber (Hebrew #1397)
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
KJV usage: every one, man, X mighty.
Pronounce: gheh'-ber
Origin: from 1396
whom thou chastenest
yacar (Hebrew #3256)
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
KJV usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Pronounce: yaw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Lord
Yahh (Hebrew #3050)
Jah, the sacred name
KJV usage: Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah."
Pronounce: yaw
Origin: contraction for 3068, and meaning the same
, and teachest
lamad (Hebrew #3925)
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
KJV usage: (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).
Pronounce: law-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
him out of thy law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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Job 5:17• 17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: (Job 5:17)
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Prov. 3:11• 11My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: (Prov. 3:11)
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Heb. 12:5• 5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: (Heb. 12:5)
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Blessed.
Psa. 119:67,71• 67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. (Psa. 119:67,71)
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Job 5:17• 17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: (Job 5:17)
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Prov. 3:11• 11My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: (Prov. 3:11)
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1 Cor. 11:32• 32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. (1 Cor. 11:32)
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Heb. 12:5‑11• 5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
 6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
 7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
 8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
 9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
 10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
 11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. (Heb. 12:5‑11)
teachest.
Job 33:16‑25• 16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
 17That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
 18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
 19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
 20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
 21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
 23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness:
 24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
 25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: (Job 33:16‑25)
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Mic. 6:9• 9The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. (Mic. 6:9)
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Rev. 3:19• 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
• The godly soul learns, in the hour of trial, that, as ever, God uses the time of trial for the blessing of His people. Thus he can say, “Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD.” (“Psalms 94” by H. Smith)
• “Thou chastenest” is the admission that behind the hand of those who trouble God’s people there is the hand of God dealing with His people. “Thou teachest” is the acknowledgment that through chastening God teaches His people, not only what is in their hearts but the grace, the goodness, and the holiness of His own heart, so that distrusting themselves they may rest in God. (“Psalms 94” by H. Smith)
• God does judge evil, but He begins at His own house. God's hand is in the dealings which make His people suffer, as well as man's. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)
• God with the chastening teaches out of the law. God, by all this process of evil having the upper hand, breaks the will, teaches dependence, separates not only the heart but the spirit from the world where this evil reigns. How could there be union with a world in which this power of evil is seen and morally shrunk from? (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)
• There is, with the discipline of His hand, direct inward teaching by His word, which reveals Himself. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessed is the mang whom thou chastenest, O Jahd, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;

JND Translation Notes

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Geber. see Job 3.3.
d
See Note c, Ps. 68.4.