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Psalms 94:16
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Context of Psalms 94:16
14For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance. 15Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it. Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers? 17Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. 18When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
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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 he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.
- Numbers 25:6Then an Israelite man brought into the camp a Midianite woman right before the eyes of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
- Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.’
- 1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”
- 2 Kings 9:32He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
- 2 Kings 10:15After he left there, he came upon Jehonadab son of Rekab, who was on his way to meet him. Jehu greeted him and said, “Are you in accord with me, as I am with you?” “I am,” Jehonadab answered. “If so,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he did, and Jehu helped him up into the chariot.
- Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.
- Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help, I was appalled that no one gave support; so my own arm achieved salvation for me, and my own wrath sustained me.
- Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.
- Ezekiel 22:30“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.
- Matthew 12:30“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
- 3 John 1:8We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
- Nehemiah 5:7I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large meeting to deal with them
- Jeremiah 26:16Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man should not be sentenced to death! He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
- John 7:50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,
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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