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Psalms 94:16
16Who would fight for me against the wicked people? Who would keep me safe from the people who do evil things?
Psalms 94:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
- New International Version (NIV)Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Context of Psalms 94:16
14The Lord will not leave his people alone. He will not forget to help the people that belong to him. 15Once again, judges will do what is right and fair, and good, honest people will agree. Who would fight for me against the wicked people? Who would keep me safe from the people who do evil things? 17Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have become silent in death. 18When I think, ‘I am falling down,’ your faithful love keeps me safe, Lord.
Read all of Psalms 94Psalms 94:16 word by word
מִֽי־יָק֣וּם לִ֭י עִם־מְרֵעִ֑ים מִֽי־יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב לִ֝י עִם־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 94:16
- Exodus 32:26So Moses stood at the edge of the camp. He said, ‘Everyone who decides to serve the Lord must come here to me.’ Then all the Levites went to stand near Moses.
- Numbers 25:6Moses and all the people were at the door of the Tent of Meeting. They were weeping. While they were there, an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his tent. Moses and all the people could see them.
- Judges 5:23The Lord's angel says, “Punish Meroz! Punish the people who live there, because they did not come to help the Lord. They did not agree to fight against the Lord's strong enemy.”
- 1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down on the ground. They shouted, ‘The Lord is the true God! Yes, the Lord is God!’
- 2 Kings 9:32Jehu looked up at the window and he saw her. Then he shouted, ‘Who wants to help me? Anyone there?’ Two or three eunuchs looked out though a window at him.
- 2 Kings 10:15When Jehu left Beth Eked, he met Rekab's son Jehonadab. He was coming to meet Jehu. Jehu said, ‘Hello! Do you trust me, as I trust you?’ Jehonadab answered, ‘Yes, I do!’ Jehu replied, ‘Then hold your hand out to me.’ So he did that and Jehu pulled him up into his chariot.
- Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was nobody who would help, and he was very upset. So he used his own strength to help. Because he had to do what was right, he made his people safe.
- Isaiah 63:5I looked for somebody to give help, but there was nobody. I was very upset, because nobody was there to help. So I used my own strength to rescue my people. My anger helped me to be strong.
- Jeremiah 5:1The Lord said, ‘Run along all the streets of Jerusalem. Look carefully all around you. Look in all the public places of the city. Try to find one person who is honest. Try to find one person who wants to know the truth. If you find one person like that, I will forgive all the people in the city.
- Ezekiel 22:30I looked among the people for a man who would make the land safe. He would make it a good, strong place again, with nothing bad in it. Then I would not destroy it. But I could not find anyone like that.
- Matthew 12:30If someone does not agree to help me, he is working against me. You should work with me to bring people to me for help. If you do not do that, you are really making people run away from me.
- 3 John 1:8Because of that, we Christians must help them with the things that they need. In this way we will be working together with them as they tell people the true message about Christ.
- Nehemiah 5:7I thought carefully about what they had said. Then I said to the Jewish leaders and officers, ‘You are cheating your own people! You are taking back more money than you have lent to them.’ I told the Jews to come together for a big meeting.
- Jeremiah 26:16Then the officers and all the people gave their answer to the priests and the prophets. They said, ‘This man does not deserve to die. The Lord our God has given him authority to say these things to us.’
- John 7:50Nicodemus spoke to them. He himself was one of the Pharisees. He was the man who had gone to speak with Jesus before. He said,
Commentaries on Psalms 94:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Who will rise up for me - Who is he that shall be the deliverer of thy people? Who will come to our assistance against these wicked Babylonians?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? - This is the language of the psalmist. It is what he had said in the circumstances referred to in the first part of the psalm, when the wicked seemed to triumph; when they had come in upon the land, and laid waste the heritage of God, Psalm 94:3-6. At that time, full of anxiety and trouble, and deeply impressed with a sense of danger, he had anxiously looked around for help, and had asked with deep…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Only God has the power to stand up to the wicked (see Psalm 2:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. These questions imply that none other than God will help (Psa 60:9),Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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