Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 94:16
Rise — To defend and help me. I looked hither and thither, but none appeared; God alone helped me.
Rise — To defend and help me. I looked hither and thither, but none appeared; God alone helped me.
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?...
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 seeme...
PSALM 94-100 Psalms 94 Prayer for the Execution of the Vengeance of God _ 1. The Prayer on account of the enemy (Psalms 94:1)_ 2. Expostulation with the wicked (Psalms 94:8) 3. The comfort of the...
XCIV. A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE ON OPPRESSIVE RULERS AND FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THEM. Psalms 94:1. The wickedness of the arrogant. The bad rulers here are evidently Jews. They are oppressors, not invaders...
WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ EVILDOERS. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44....
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 the Lord...
Psalms 92-97 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Service of Song for a Sabbath Day. ANALYSIS Psalms 92: Personal SongProbably by a King. Psalms 93: Jehovah Proclaimed King. Psalms 94: Prayer for Vengeance on the...
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 . Who else ex...
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 openin...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD, SHOW THAT YOU ARE A GREAT *JUDGE! PSALMS 94 Jesus said, "I am a good *judge. I do not do what I want to do. I obey the words of (God) that sent me". ...
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.)...
מִֽי ־יָק֣וּם לִ֭י עִם ־מְרֵעִ֑ים מִֽי ־יִתְי
Psalms 94:1 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. This ps...
THE LORD OUR DEFENSE AGAINST EVIL-DOERS Psalms 94:6 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 utterance...
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...
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 w...
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 cries out —...
Psalms 94 gives us this cry, which is at the same time the expression of the fullest intelligence of their position, of the dealings of God, of the position of the wicked, and the result about to be p...
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", becaus...
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, J...
_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 inju...
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 tyrants...
Who will rise up for me, in behalf of the petitioner, taking his part, AGAINST THE EVIL-DOERS? OR WHO WILL STAND UP FOR ME AGAINST THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY? This rhetorical question emphasizes the answ...
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...
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 verse....
Psalms 94:16 up H6965 (H8799) evildoers H7489 (H8688) up H3320 (H8691) workers H6466 (H8802) iniquity...
This is the prayer of a man of God in great trouble, standing out for God in an evil day, when the Lord's people were greatly oppressed, and the honour of God was being trampled in the mire. The praye...
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, sh...
CONTENTS: An appeal to God to appear for His people against His and their enemies. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There is a God to whom vengeance belongs who will certainly call enemies to...
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. _Th...
_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) are represented as...
_Who will rise up for Me against the evil-doers?_ or who will stand up for Me against the workers of iniquity? THE SUMMONS TO HOLY WORK It is hardly possible to read this psalm through without feeli...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 94:1. This is a community lament, written for a time when the wicked not only exult (v. Psalms 94:3) but also oppress the faithful (many of wh
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 94:16 WHO RISES UP FOR ME? The speaker is the psalmist. The answer is, “God does.” ⇐...
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 t...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is primarily (Psalms 94:1) 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 (Psalms 94:12) the...
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth (Psalms 94:1); Now, it's hard for us to remember that. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" (Romans 12:19). So often we try to take vengeance ourse...
1 Kings 18:39; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 10:15; 2 Kings 9:32; 3 John 1:8