Psalms 59:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
  • Exod 3:15 : 15 And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready. 13 He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
  • Ps 55:15 : 15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
  • Ps 80:4 : 4 O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
  • Ps 84:8 : 8 O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
  • Isa 1:10 : 10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
  • Jer 18:23 : 23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
  • Ezek 18:27-28 : 27 Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul. 28 Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.
  • Amos 9:7 : 7 Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the Lord. Have I not taken Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Aramaeans from Kir?
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • Rom 9:6 : 6 But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

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    3For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

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    6Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

  • Ps 9:19-20
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    19Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

    20Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

  • Ps 44:23
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    23Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

  • Ps 94:1-2
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    1O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

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  • Ps 35:22-23
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    22You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

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    8O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

  • Jer 18:23
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    23But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

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    2O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

  • Jer 5:29
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    29Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

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    6Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.

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    7Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.

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    14O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.

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    13Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

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