Psalms 93:16
Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quis consurget mihi adversus malignantes ? aut quis stabit mecum adversus operantes iniquitatem ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τίς ἀναστήσεταί μοι ἐπὶ πονηρευομένους, ἢ τίς συνπαραστήσεταί μοι ἐπὶ ἐργαζομένους τὴν ἀνομίαν;
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 94:16
- מִֽי יָק֣וּם לִ֭י עִם מְרֵעִ֑ים מִֽי יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב לִ֝י עִם פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XCIV
15. “Who will rise up for me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the evil doers?” ( ver. 16 ). Many persuade us to divers evils: the serpent ceaseth not to whisper to thee to work iniquity: whichever way thou shalt turn, if perchance thou hast done well, thou seekest to live well with some one, and thou hardly findest any one; many wicked men surround thee, for there are few grains of wheat, and much chaff. This floor hath its grains of corn, but as yet they suffer. Therefore the whole mass of the wheat, when separated from the chaff, will be great: the grains are few, but when compared with the chaff, still many in themselves. …
St Basil De Spiritu Sancto, That v: not found “of whom” in the case of the Son and of the Spirit
The object of the apostle in thus writing was not to introduce the diversity of nature, but to exhibit the notion of Father and of Son as unconfounded. That the phrases are not opposed to one another and do not, like squadrons in war marshalled one against another, bring the natures to which they are applied into mutual conflict, is perfectly plain from the passage in question. The blessed Paul brings both phrases to bear upon one and the same subject, in the words “of him and through him and to him are all things.” That this plainly refers to the Lord will be admitted even by a reader paying but small attention to the meaning of the words. …