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New Living Translation

Psalms 94:16

Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Doers, Evil;   Evil;   Evildoers;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
Christian Standard Bible®
Who stands up for me against the wicked?Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?
Hebrew Names Version
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
Easy-to-Read Version
No one helped me fight against the wicked. No one stood with me against those who do evil.
Amplified Bible
Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?
American Standard Version
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Contemporary English Version
Who will stand up for me against those cruel people?
Complete Jewish Bible
Who will champion my cause against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
King James Version (1611)
Who will rise vp for mee against the euill doers? or who will stand vp for me against the workers of iniquitie?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
English Revised Version
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Berean Standard Bible
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Lexham English Bible
Who rose up for me against the wicked? Who stood up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Literal Translation
Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for Me against the workers of evil?
New Century Version
Who will help me fight against the wicked? Who will stand with me against those who do evil?
New English Translation
Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
New King James Version
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
New Life Bible
Who will rise up for me against the sinful? Who will take a stand for me against those who do wrong?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
Douay-Rheims Bible
(93-16) Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
George Lamsa Translation
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up against the workers of iniquity?
Good News Translation
Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against the evildoers?
New American Standard Bible
Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do injustice?
King James Version
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who will ryse vp with me agaynst the malicious? or who wyll take my part agaynst workers of wickednesse?
New Revised Standard
Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?
Darby Translation
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Who schal rise with me ayens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me ayens hem that worchen wickidnesse?
Young's Literal Translation
Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?
World English Bible
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
Revised Standard Version
Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?
Update Bible Version
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Webster's Bible Translation
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Bible in Basic English
Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked? who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers?
THE MESSAGE
Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against evil workers? If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. The minute I said, "I'm slipping, I'm falling," your love, God , took hold and held me fast. When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?
Legacy Standard Bible
Who will arise for me against evildoers?Who will take his stand for me against workers of iniquity?

Contextual Overview

12 Joyful are those you discipline, Lord , those you teach with your instructions. 13 You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked. 14 The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession. 15 Judgment will again be founded on justice, and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it. 16 Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers? 17 Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave. 18 I cried out, "I am slipping!" but your unfailing love, O Lord , supported me. 19 When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. 20 Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side— leaders whose decrees permit injustice? 21 They gang up against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rise up: Exodus 32:26-29, Numbers 25:6-13, Judges 5:23, 1 Kings 18:39, 1 Kings 18:40, 2 Kings 9:32, 2 Kings 10:15, Isaiah 59:16, Isaiah 63:5, Jeremiah 5:1, Ezekiel 22:30, Matthew 12:30, 3 John 1:8

stand up: Nehemiah 5:7, Jeremiah 26:16-19, John 7:50, John 7:51

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?.... These are the words of the psalmist, representing the church of God, under sore persecutions from the antichristian party; called "evildoers", because of their thefts, murders, idolatries, sorceries, and all manner of wickedness committed by them, Revelation 9:21, intimating that she had looked all around her, and could not observe any that she could hope for assistance from, to fight her battles for her with the enemy, and deliver her out of his hands: the Targum is,

"who will rise up, for me, to make war with the evildoers?''

what the church here seems to say in a despairing way, the followers of antichrist say in a triumphant and insulting manner; "who is like unto the beast who is able to make war with him?" Revelation 13:4, or "who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?" to contend or strive with them, as the Targum; suggesting, that she had no friends to appear for her, that had either courage or strength to engage in such a warfare; her case was like that of the oppressed, Solomon speaks of, Ecclesiastes 4:1, or the Apostle Paul's, when none stood with him; but all forsook him, excepting the Lord, 2 Timothy 4:16 and so here the church had none to rise up, and stand by her, but the Lord; Michael, the great Prince that stands for the children and people of God, and who is a match for all the enemies of his church; and he will rise and stand up for them, and fight their battles; and overcome the beast and false prophet, with the kings of the earth, Daniel 12:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who 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, Psalms 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 concern who would stand up for him and defend him. The following verses Psalms 94:17-18 show what was then his reliance, and in what way confidence in God had kept him from falling into despair.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 94:16. 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?


 
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