Psalm 94:16

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

¹⁵ For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? ¹⁷ Unless LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.

Workers of Iniquity

Exodus 32:26-29

then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on LORD's side, [come] to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

Numbers 10:35

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let those who hate thee flee before thee.

Numbers 25:6-13

And, behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of mee

Judges 5:23

Curse ye Meroz, said the agent of LORD. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants of it, because they did not come to the help of LORD, to the help of LORD against the mighty.

1 Kings 18:39-40

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. And they said, LORD, he is God, LORD, he is God.

2 Kings 9:32

And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? Who? And two or three eunuchs looked out to him.

2 Kings 10:15

And when he was departed from there, he came upon on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, g

Nehemiah 5:7

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the ranking men and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

Psalm 17:13

Arise, O LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword,

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from the bloodthirsty men.

Isaiah 59:16

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him. And his righteousness, it upheld him.

Isaiah 63:5

And I looked, and there was none to help. And I wondered that there was none to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. And my wrath, it upheld me.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places if it, if ye can find a man, if there is any who does justly, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.

Jeremiah 26:16-19

Then the rulers and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets. This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of LORD our God.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

Matthew 12:30

He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

John 7:50-51

Nicodemus says to them (he who came to him by night, being one of them),

3 John 1:8

We therefore ought to welcome such men, so that we might become fellow workmen for the truth.