Psalms 94 · Verse 16

Psalms 94:16

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 94:16, King James Version

Psalms 94:16 in other translations

BSBWho will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
WEBWho will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
ASVWho will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
YLTWho riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
DARBYWho will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
BBEWho will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
WebsterWho will rise up for me against the evil-doers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

What does Psalms 94:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. These questions imply that none other than God will help (Psa 60:9),

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Who 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 94:12-23

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…

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Psalms 94:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִֽי\־mi-who?H4310
יָק֣וּםya.Kumwill he rise upH6965
לִ֭יlifor me
עִם\־'im-withH5973
מְרֵעִ֑יםme.re.'Imevil-doersH7489
מִֽי\־mi-who?H4310
יִתְיַצֵּ֥בyit.ya.Tzevwill he take his standH3320
לִ֝יlifor me
עִם\־'im-withH5973
פֹּ֥עֲלֵיPo.'a.lei[those who] doH6466
אָֽוֶן\׃'A.ven<of> wickednessH205

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 94:16

  • Judges 5:23

    Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

  • John 7:50-51

    Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

  • 3 John 1:8

    We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

  • Jeremiah 5:1

    Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

  • Psalms 59:2

    Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

  • Isaiah 63:5

    And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

  • Numbers 25:6-13

    And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. …

  • Numbers 10:35

    And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

  • Jeremiah 26:16-19

    Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

  • Nehemiah 5:7

    Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

  • 1 Kings 18:39-40

    And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God. And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  • Psalms 17:13

    Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rise up.
Ex 32:26-29; Nu 25:6-13; Jud 5:23; 1Ki 18:39,40; 2Ki 9:32; 10:15
Isa 59:16; 63:5; Jer 5:1; Eze 22:30; Mt 12:30; 3Jo 1:8
stand up.
Ne 5:7; Jer 26:16-19; Joh 7:50,51

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Context

  • Psalms 94:15

    But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • Psalms 94:16

    Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

  • Psalms 94:17

    Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

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Psalms 94:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Quién se levantará por mí contra los malignos? ¿quién estará por mí contra los que obran iniquidad?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui se lèvera pour moi contre les méchants? Qui se tiendra avec moi contre les ouvriers d’iniquité?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer wird für mich aufstehen wider die Übeltäter? Wer wird für mich auftreten wider die, welche Frevel tun?