King James Version
Psalms 94:5 in the King James Version says “They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 94 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.”
Psalms 94:5 · KJV
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
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.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“They break in pieces”
H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
“thine heritage”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
“and afflict”
H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
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