Psalm 94:16

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

¹⁵ For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it - all the upright in heart. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity? ¹⁷ If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence - my soul!

Workers of Iniquity

Exodus 32:26-29

So Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp, and said - Who is for Yahweh? -- To me! Then gathered unto him all the sons of Levi,

Numbers 10:35

And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said: Arise, O Yahweh! and scattered be thy foes, Let them that hate thee flee before thee;

Numbers 25:6-13

And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, when they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Judges 5:23

Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of Yahweh, Curse ye with a curse, the inhabitants thereof, - because they came not in to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh, against the mighty.

1 Kings 18:39-40

And, when all the people saw it, they fell upon their faces, - and said, Yahweh, he, is GOD, Yahweh, he, is GOD.

2 Kings 9:32

And he lifted up his face unto the lattice, and said - Who, is with me? Who? And there looked out unto him, two or three eunuchs.

2 Kings 10:15

Then departed he from thence, and lighted on Jehonadab son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he blessed him, and said unto him - Is thy heart, right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab said - It is. Then, if it is, give me thy hand. So he gave him his hand. And he took him up to him, into the chariot;

Nehemiah 5:7

So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest - every man to his brother, are ye making, - So I appointed over them a great assembly;

Psalm 17:13

Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one who is thy sword:

Psalm 59:2

Rescue me, from the workers of iniquity, And, from the men of bloodshed, save me.

Isaiah 59:16

When he saw that there was no mighty man, Then was he astonished that there was none to interpose, - So his own arm brought him salvation, And his own righteousness, the same, upheld him;

Isaiah 63:5

Therefore looked I around, and there was none to help, - And I was astonished that there was none to uphold, - So, mine own arm brought me salvation, And mine indignation, the same upheld me;

Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.

Jeremiah 26:16-19

Then said the princes, and all the people, unto the priests and unto the prophets, - There is nothing in this man worthy of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, hath he spoken unto us.

Ezekiel 22:30

Then sought I from among them, a man Who could bud up a wall And stand in the breach before me in behalf of the land So that I might not destroy her, - But I found none.

Matthew 12:30

He that is no with me, is, against me, - and, he that gathereth not with me, scattereth

John 7:50-51

Nicodemus saith unto them - he that came unto him formerly, being, one, from among them -