Psalms 79:10
Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 42:10 : 10 My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”
- Ps 42:3 : 3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”
- Ps 94:1 : 1 O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!
- Ps 115:2 : 2 Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”
- Jer 51:35 : 35 The person who lives in Zion says,“May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.” Jerusalem says,“May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.”
- Ezek 36:23 : 23 I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.
- Ezek 39:21-22 : 21 “I will display my majesty among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited among them. 22 Then the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward.
- Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, those who serve the LORD, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say,“Have pity, O LORD, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples,“Where is their God?”
- Mic 7:10 : 10 When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say to me,“Where is the LORD your God?” I will gloat over them. Then they will be trampled down like mud in the streets.
- Rom 12:19 : 19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
- Rev 18:20 : 20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)
- Ps 58:11 : 11 Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”
- Ps 83:17-18 : 17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame! 18 Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.
- Exod 6:7 : 7 I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.
- Exod 7:5 : 5 Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.
- Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)
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1Not to us, O LORD, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.
2Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”
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11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
12Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!
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1O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!
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8Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!
9Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!
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17Let the priests, those who serve the LORD, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say,“Have pity, O LORD, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples,“Where is their God?”
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7in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.
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10They cried out with a loud voice,“How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”
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6Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!
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10How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- Ps 58:10-112 verses72%
10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”
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2Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.
- Ps 79:1-33 verses72%
1A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
2They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.
3They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.
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10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”
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11Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!
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20So I said,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
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11Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!
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43Cry out, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge his servants’ blood; he will take vengeance against his enemies, and make atonement for his land and people.
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37He will say,“Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,
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12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.
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19Rise up, LORD! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!
20Terrify them, LORD! Let the nations know they are mere mortals!(Selah)
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35Say this prayer:“Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.”
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21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
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4O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?
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12For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
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10The exiles from Judah will say,‘The LORD has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let’s go and proclaim in Zion what the LORD our God has done!’
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49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
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1Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
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1A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
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23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!
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25Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.
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84How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?
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5You, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers!(Selah)
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9I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!”
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3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?
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47Deliver us, O LORD, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.
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16before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.
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15May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!
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13Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself,“You will not hold me accountable.”
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20If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
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27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it.
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8Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O LORD, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.
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16May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty!
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19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!