Psalms 94:16

94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. shall follow: Heb. shall be after it

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

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Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

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

94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. almost: or, quickly

What does Psalms 94:16 mean?

Psalms 94:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קוּם (qûwm), רָעַע (râʻaʻ), יָצַב (yâtsab).

Hebrew interlinear

Who

will

rise

upקוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

for

against

the

evildoers?רָעַעrâʻaʻ/raw-ah'/H7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

who

will

stand

upיָצַבyâtsab/yaw-tsab'/H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue

for

against

the

workersפָּעַלpâʻal/paw-al'/H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise

iniquity?אָוֶןʼâven/aw-ven'/H205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

Topics

Zeal, Religious

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 94:16.

Psalms 5:5

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. in: Heb. before thine eyes

Job 31:3

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Psalms 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Psalms 28:3

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Psalms 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalms 36:4

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. mischief: or, vanity

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 94:16 say?

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

Is Psalms 94:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 94:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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