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

PSALMS 94:14KJV
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Psalms 94:14 (KJV)

What does Psalms 94:14 mean?

Psalms 94:14 says that the LORD will not abandon the people he has claimed as his own. The speaker makes that claim in a psalm about people who use power to hurt others, including those who belong to the LORD.

The phrase “his inheritance” pictures the people as a valued possession belonging to the LORD. Following verse 13, the statement gives a reason for speaking of rest during times of trouble.

The Hebrew behind Psalms 94:14

  • “LORD” — יְהוָה (YHWH): This is God’s personal name in the Hebrew text. The KJV prints “LORD” in capital letters to represent that name.
  • “inheritance” — נַחֲלָה (naḥalah): This word can mean property received as a share or possession. Here the people themselves are described as belonging to the LORD.

Why Psalms 94:14 matters

  • The speaker’s confidence answers a claim made by the people who do wrong. In verse 7, they say that the LORD will not see what they are doing.
  • The people called the LORD’s “inheritance” are also the people whom wrongdoers crush in verse 5. That connection puts verse 14’s claim alongside the harm the people are suffering.

Where else these words appear

“off” Hebrew H5203 · used in 39 verses

  • Genesis 31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
  • 1 Samuel 30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
  • Isaiah 21:15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.