Psalms 94:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 94:16 - Albert 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...
Psalms 94:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XCIV. A Prayer for Vengeance on Oppressive Rulers and for Deliverance from them. Psalms 94:1-6 . The wickedness of the arrogant. The bad rulers here are evidently Jews. They are oppressors, not i...
Psalms 94:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Who... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. evildoers. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
Psalms 94:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Who will rise up for me against my adversaries? Here the Psalmist points out, in a lively and graphic manner, how destitute he was of all human aid. As if at the moment in danger, he cri...
Psalms 94:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Who will rise up for me - Who is he that shall be the deliverer of thy people? Who will c...
Psalms 94:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who will rise up for me? &c.— Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers? Who will rank himself on my side against the dealers in vanity [ the practisers of idolatry ] ? —Ver. 17. If th...
Psalms 94:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? The answer is contained in Psalms...
Psalms 94:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a national Ps., written at a time when Israel was oppressed by foreign enemies. It may be connected either with the days of the exile or with some later period of national distress. The openi...
Psalms 94:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rise up. — Stand up — i.e., as champion. (Comp. 2 Samuel 23:11 , of the exploit of Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite; comp. Psalms 2:2 .)
Psalms 94:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 94:1-23 THE theme of God the Judge is closely allied to that of God the King, as other psalms of this group show, in which His coming to judge the world is the subject of rapturous praise....
Psalms 94:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord Our Defense against Evil-Doers Psalms 94:6-23 Let us ponder all the great things that God will do for them that trust Him. He planted the ear, and will detect the sigh, sob, or broken...
Psalms 94:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The placing of this song immediately after the one which sets forth the fact of the enthronement of Jehovah is remarkable. It creates a contrast, while it suggests a continuity of ideas. The contrast...
Psalms 94:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Psalmist is looking round for help or assistance against the common enemy; but finding none, he looks to the Lord. It is blessed to be stripped of all creature-help and creature-confidence, that...
Psalms 94:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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", bec...
Psalms 94:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Ver. 16. Who will rise up for me ] q.d. But a very few fast friends find I at court,...
Psalms 94:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Have I any friend that, in love to me, will appear for me? Hath justice any friend that, in a pious indignation at unrighteousness, will plead my inj...
Psalms 94:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Comfort to Suffering Saints; God the Defence of His People. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O L ORD , and...
Psalms 94:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To defend and help me. I looked hither and thither, and called to my friends for their help, saying, Who will, & c.? but none of them appeared, but God alone helped me, as he saith in the next...
Psalms 94:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “There is no superscription to this Psalm. There is no indication of its authorship, of the period at which it was written, or of the circumstances to which it refers. There are many of...
Psalms 94:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Let us read this evening the ninety-fourth Psalm, and may the Spirit of God instruct us while we read it! Psalms 94:1 . O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth,...
Psalms 94:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm was written under great oppression, in a time of war, but it bears no marks of being written in Babylon, for then they had no hope to rise against the wicked: Psalms 94:16 . Psalms 94:6...
Psalms 94:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth. .. show Thyself. Persecutors and their victims I. The awful condition of the wicked persecutor. The persecutors referred to ( Psalms 94:1-10 ) are repre...
Psalms 94:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is primarily ( Psalms 94:1-19 ) a "cry for vengeance on Israel's oppressors, passing into an appeal for more faith to God's own people" (Cheyne). In the latter half ( Psa...
Psalms 94:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Tyrants in the Church. The psalmist, whose name is not given, appeals to God in view of the oppression of the adversaries, who included not only the enemies from without, but also the tyra...
Psalms 94:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:39 ; 1 Kings 18:40 ; 2 Kings 10:15 ; 2 Kings 9:32 ; 3 John 1:8 ; Exodus 32:26-29 ; Ezekiel 22:30 ; Isaiah 59:16 ; Isaiah 63:5 ; Jeremiah 26:16-19 ; Jeremiah 5:1 ; John 7:50 ;...
Psalms 94:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rise — To defend and help me. I looked hither and thither, but none appeared; God alone helped me.

Psalms 94:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 94:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 94:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 94:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 94:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 94:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 94:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 94:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 94:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 94:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 94:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 94:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 94:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 94:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 94:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 94:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes