Psalm 94:16-17 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? [17] Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

When the psalmist notes that he needs God to stand for him *against* workers of iniquity, otherwise his soul would dwell in silence, his focus is not only on workers of iniquity out there, but the one in him. The flesh. We see Paul echo the sentiments of the psalmist:

Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

The psalmist said: we cannot escape "going down or dwelling in silence" (Psalm 115:17) aka death, unless the LORD had been our help.
Paul is implying the same thing in his question above.

Without God's help, our biggest worry ought not be the sinners in the world and their power to harm/kill us, but the world in our flesh and its power separate us from Christ.

Only in the cross of Christ is the power of the world to separate us from God (death|silence) nullified. And when God stands with us against the "workers of iniquity" out there, it's for the same purpose, to nullify death's power over them by bring them to the cross. ????????‍♂️????????‍♂️????????????????