New King James Version
Psalms 94:16
16Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
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 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 cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance. 15But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? 17Unless the Lord had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence. 18If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
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 32:26then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
- Numbers 25:6And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
- Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord, ‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly, Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’
- 1 Kings 18:39Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
- 2 Kings 9:32And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” So two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
- 2 Kings 10:15Now when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is toward your heart?” And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
- Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
- Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help, And I wondered That there was no one to uphold; Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me; And My own fury, it sustained Me.
- Jeremiah 5:1“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.
- Ezekiel 22:30So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
- Matthew 12:30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
- 3 John 1:8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.
- Nehemiah 5:7After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, “Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I called a great assembly against them.
- Jeremiah 26:16So the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve to die. For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
- John 7:50Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them,
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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