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Psalm 94

Psa. 94:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who will rise up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
for me against the evildoers
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
? or who will stand up
yatsab (Hebrew #3320)
to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
KJV usage: present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
Pronounce: yaw-tsab'
Origin: a primitive root
for me against the workers
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
of iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
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Ministry on This Verse

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rise up.
Ex. 32:26‑29• 26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
 27And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
 28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
 29For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. (Ex. 32:26‑29)
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Num. 25:6‑13• 6And, 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.
 7And 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;
 8And 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.
 9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
 10And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
 11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
 12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
 13And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. (Num. 25:6‑13)
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Judg. 5:23• 23Curse 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. (Judg. 5:23)
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1 Kings 18:39‑40• 39And 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.
 40And 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. (1 Kings 18:39‑40)
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2 Kings 9:32• 32And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. (2 Kings 9:32)
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2 Kings 10:15• 15And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. (2 Kings 10:15)
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Isa. 59:16• 16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. (Isa. 59:16)
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Isa. 63:5• 5And 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. (Isa. 63:5)
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Jer. 5:1• 1Run 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. (Jer. 5:1)
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Ezek. 22:30• 30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. (Ezek. 22:30)
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Matt. 12:30• 30He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. (Matt. 12:30)
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3 John 8• 8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. (3 John 8)
stand up.
Neh. 5:7• 7Then 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. (Neh. 5:7)
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Jer. 26:16‑19• 16Then 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.
 17Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
 18Micah 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.
 19Did 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. (Jer. 26:16‑19)
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John 7:50‑51• 50Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
 51Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? (John 7:50‑51)
• They call them to make a stand in faith against the evil doers, encouraging them that the Lord in His mercy will keep them as He has done for the remnant (vs. 16-19). (“Book 4.” by B. Anstey)
• If, however, there is quiet submission in the presence of evil, the question may arise, “Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? (“Psalms 94” by H. Smith)
• The power of evil, note, (16, 17) was deeply felt. Be it so; it may show our weakness sometimes, but it is well it should, if faith be there. The heart ought not to get accustomed to the power of evil, will not if it be with God; will be sensible to it, astonished at it, and dependent on divine restoration to meet it in thought. This was true of Christ, only in perfection, and no fault in His thoughts. He was astonished at their unbelief; He looked round upon them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?