Psalm 94:16

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

¹⁵ Righteousness will be restored with justice, and all the pure of heart will follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against those who practice iniquity? ¹⁷ If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.

Workers of Iniquity

Exodus 32:26-29

he stood in the gate of the camp and called out: "Whoever is for the LORD come over to me," and all the sons of Levi gathered around him.

Numbers 10:35

Whenever the ark was ready to travel, Moses would say: "Arise, LORD, to scatter your enemies, so that whoever hates you will flee from your presence."

Numbers 25:6-13

That very moment, one of the Israelis arrived, bringing to his brothers one of the Midianite women, right in front of Moses and the entire community of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting!

Judges 5:23

""Meroz is cursed!' declared the angel of the LORD. "Utterly and totally cursed are its inhabitants, because they never came to the aid of the LORD, to the aid of the LORD against the valiant warriors!'"

1 Kings 18:39-40

When all the people saw what had happened, they fell flat on their faces and cried out "The LORD is God! The LORD is God!"

2 Kings 9:32

Jehu looked up toward the window and called out, "Who is on my side? Who?" When two or three eunuchs looked out at him,

2 Kings 10:15

After he left there, he encountered Rechab's son Jehonadab. After he greeted him, Jehu asked him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with yours?" "It is," Jehonadab answered.

Nehemiah 5:7

So after thinking it over carefully, I accused the officials and nobles openly, "Every one of you is charging your fellow countrymen interest!" So I opened a public investigation against them.

Psalm 17:13

Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword

Psalm 59:2

Save me from those who practice evil; deliver me from bloodthirsty men.

Isaiah 59:16

He saw that there was no one, and was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm brought him victory, and his righteous acts upheld him.

Isaiah 63:5

I looked, but there was no helper, I was appalled that there was no one to give support; so my own arm brought me victory, and as for my wrath, it supported me.

Jeremiah 5:1

"Wander through the streets of Jerusalem. Look and investigate; search through her squares and see whether you find anyone even one person there doing justice and seeking truth. Then I'll forgive them.

Jeremiah 26:16-19

The officials and all the people told the priests and the prophets, "No death sentence for this man because he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."

Ezekiel 22:30

I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won't be destroyed, but I found no one,

Matthew 12:30

The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who isn't gathering with me is scattering.

John 7:50-51

One of their own, Nicodemus (the man who had previously met with Jesus), asked them,

3 John 1:8

Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become genuine helpers with them.