cbcpreacherPsalm 94:16 "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 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 -- Who will stand up for me? Who will oppose himself to my enemies?
And immediately afterwards he replies, that had not God helped him, he would have despaired of safety.
In declaring that he had been thus miraculously rescued from death, when deserted by all the world, he COMMENDS the more God's kindness and grace.
When men aid us, they are only instruments by which the grace of God works; but we are apt not to recognize God's hand when we see any subordinate agency in the deliverance.
He speaks of his life dwelling in silence, (verse 17) for the dead lie in the grave without feeling or strength.
Thus the Psalmist owns that there was no means by which his life could have been preserved, HAD NOT GOD interposed without delay.
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