Psalms 79:10

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Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let it be known among the nations before our eyes that You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants.

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  • Ps 42:10 : 10 I say to God, my rock: 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?'
  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
  • Ps 94:1 : 1 LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
  • Ps 115:2 : 2 Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?
  • Jer 51:35 : 35 May the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon, says the inhabitant of Zion. May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, says Jerusalem.
  • Ezek 36:23 : 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.
  • Ezek 39:21-22 : 21 I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I execute and the hand I lay on them. 22 From that day forward, the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'
  • Mic 7:10 : 10 Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, 'Where is the LORD your God?' My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like mud in the streets.
  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her!
  • Ps 58:11 : 11 The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
  • Ps 83:17-18 : 17 Fill their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, O LORD. 18 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; let them be disgraced and perish.
  • Exod 6:7 : 7 'I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.'
  • Exod 7:5 : 5 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 115:1-2
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    83%

    1Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to Your name, give glory because of Your steadfast love and faithfulness.

    2Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?

  • Ps 79:11-12
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    76%

    11Let the groans of the prisoners come before You; in accordance with the greatness of Your arm, preserve those condemned to die.

    12Repay our neighbors sevenfold into their own laps the scorn they have hurled at You, Lord.

  • 1LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!

  • Ps 79:8-9
    2 verses
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    8Do not hold against us the sins of our ancestors; may Your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.

    9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name.

  • 17Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'

  • 7to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

  • 10They cried out with a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?'

  • 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

  • 10How long, O God, will the enemy reproach? Will the adversary despise Your name forever?

  • Ps 58:10-11
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    72%

    10Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—whether green or burning—he will sweep them away.

    11The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

  • 2May God be gracious to us and bless us, and may He make His face shine upon us. Selah.

  • Ps 79:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1A psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

    2They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of Your faithful ones to the wild animals of the earth.

    3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

  • 10I say to God, my rock: 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?'

  • 11'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

  • 20But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.

  • 11My God of steadfast love will come to meet me; God will let me see my enemies defeated.

  • 43Rejoice, you nations, with His people, for He will avenge the blood of His servants; He will take vengeance on His enemies and make atonement for His land and people.

  • 37And He will say: 'Where are their gods? The rock they sought refuge in?

  • 12O LORD of Hosts, you who test the righteous and see the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for I have presented my case to you.

  • Ps 9:19-20
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    71%

    19For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

    20Arise, LORD! Do not let mere mortals prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence.

  • 35And say, "Save us, O God of our salvation, gather us and deliver us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise."

  • 21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • 4God, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.

  • 12Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

  • 10The Lord has brought about our vindication. Come, let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

  • 49Who can live and not see death? Who can escape the power of the grave? Selah

  • 1Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

  • 1A contemplation of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture?

  • 23But You, Lord, know all their plans to kill me. Do not forgive their wrongdoing, do not blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them collapse before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

  • 25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him, destroyed him, and ruined his homeland.

  • 84How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

  • 5Without any guilt of mine, they rush in and prepare. Awake to help me; look upon my plight.

  • 9I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

  • 3Why are we regarded as animals and considered unclean in your eyes?

  • 47Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, so that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise.

  • 16All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.

  • 15May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth.

  • 13Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.'

  • 20You have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with deep darkness.

  • 27Let them know that this is Your hand; that You, Lord, have done it.

  • 8LORD, make atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the guilt of innocent blood against Your people Israel.’ And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

  • 16May your deeds be shown to your servants, and your splendor to their children.

  • 19If only You, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!