“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”
Their specific crimes: "They kill the widow and the stranger, they murder the orphan." The enumeration of vulnerable victims (widow, stranger, orphan) emphasizes the particular cruelty of the wicked toward those without power.
Church Fathers on Psalms 94:6
1. As we listened with much attention, while the Psalm was in reading, so let us listen attentively, while the Lord reveals the mysteries which He has deigned to obscure in this passage. For some mysteries in the Scriptures are shut up for this reason, not that they may be denied, but that they may be opened unto those who knock. If therefore ye knock with affection of piety, and sincere heartfelt love, He, who sees from what motives ye knock, will open unto you. Matthew 7:7…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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