Mazmur 94:16

94:16 Who will rise up to defend me ¹  against the wicked?

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ² 

Yesaya 28:21

28:21 For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, ³ 

he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, ⁴ 

to accomplish his work,

his peculiar work,

to perform his task,

his strange task. ⁵ 

[94:16]  ¹ tn Heb “for me.”

[94:16]  ² sn Who will stand up for me…? The questions anticipate the answer, “No one except God” (see v. 17).

[28:21]  ³ sn This probably alludes to David’s victory over the Philistines at Baal Perazim. See 2 Sam 5:20.

[28:21]  ⁴ sn This probably alludes to the Lord’s victory over the Canaanites at Gibeon, during the days of Joshua. See Josh 10:10-11.

[28:21]  ⁵ sn God’s judgment of his own people is called “his peculiar work” and “his strange task,” because he must deal with them the way he treated their enemies in the past.