Psalm 94:16

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

¹⁵ For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated. ¹⁶ Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ¹⁷ If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

Workers of Iniquity

Exodus 32:26-29

So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the Lord, come to me." All the Levites gathered around him,

Numbers 10:35

And when the ark traveled, Moses would say, "Rise up, O Lord! May your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you flee before you!"

Numbers 25:6-13

Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Judges 5:23

Call judgment down on Meroz,' says the Lord's angelic messenger; 'Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord's battle, to help in the Lord's battle against the warriors.'

1 Kings 18:39-40

When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "The Lord is the true God! The Lord is the true God!"

2 Kings 9:32

He looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

2 Kings 10:15

When he left there, he met Jehonadab, son of Rekab, who had been looking for him. Jehu greeted him and asked, "Are you as committed to me as I am to you?" Jehonadab answered, "I am!" Jehu replied, "If so, give me your hand." So he offered his hand and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot.

Nehemiah 5:7

I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly.

Psalm 17:13

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

Psalm 59:2

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

Isaiah 59:16

He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

Isaiah 63:5

I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

Jeremiah 5:1

The Lord said, "Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.

Jeremiah 26:16-19

Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said, "This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the Lord our God."

Ezekiel 22:30

"I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Matthew 12:30

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

John 7:50-51

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,

3 John 1:8

Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.