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94:12-15 The Lord Cares for the Righteous. This section explains how the faithful, who receive instruction from God's word and live by it (the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law) are blessed. They can be sure that punishment (a pit, v. 13) will surely overtake the wicked, while the Lord will not forsake his people (v. 14) but will bring them justice (v. 15).
94:14 It is striking that even though the wicked in this psalm are members of "the people" (v. 8), they are nevertheless distinct from God's people and heritage; this implies that the faithful are God's people in the truest sense, while the faithless among them are not. For God's people as his heritage or inheritance, cf. 28:9; 33:12; 74:2; 78:62, 71; Deut. 4:20; 9:26; 32:9.
