Psalm 94:14

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Summary

Psalm 94:14

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

For

Forsake

Ephesians 1:18

General references

Isaiah 32:16

Lamentations 3:31

Bible References

For

For the Lord delights in justice
And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.

The Lord will not abandon His people for His great name’s sake, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

But Zion (Jerusalem in captivity) said, “The Lord has abandoned me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may [reverently] fear Me forever, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me.

And those whom He predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified [declared free of the guilt of sin]; and those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity].

I say then, has God rejected and disowned His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!”

Forsake

They crush Your people, O Lord,
And afflict and abuse Your heritage.

Who is the man who desires life
And loves many days, that he may see good?

“For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people;
Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.

The Portion of Jacob [the true God on whom Israel has a claim] is not like these;
For He is the Designer and Maker of all things,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance [and He will not fail them]—
The Lord of hosts is His name.

And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people),

General references

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fertile field.

For the Lord will not reject forever,