Psalm 94:13

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

¹² Lord, happy is the man You discipline
and teach from Your law
¹³ to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ The Lord will not forsake His people
or abandon His heritage,

Lawless One

Pit of Corruption

Times of Trouble

Psalm 55:23

God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and I trembled within;
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”

Job 34:29

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.

Isaiah 26:20-21

Go, my people, enter your rooms
and close your doors behind you.
Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses
when You suddenly bring raiders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

Hebrews 4:9

Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.

2 Peter 3:3-7

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

Revelation 6:10-11

They cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, the One who is holy and true, how long until You judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?”

Revelation 11:18

The nations were angry,
but Your wrath has come.
The time has come
for the dead to be judged
and to give the reward
to Your servants the prophets,
to the saints, and to those who fear Your name,
both small and great,
and the time has come to destroy
those who destroy the earth.