Psalm 94:20

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

¹⁹ When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy. ²⁰ Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. ²¹ They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

Allied with

Allied With

Have Fellowship With

Sin

Psalm 58:2

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

Amos 6:3

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

Isaiah 10:1

Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

1 Samuel 22:12

Then Saul said, "Listen, son of Ahitub." He replied, "Here I am, my lord."

1 Kings 12:32

Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

2 Chronicles 6:14-16

and prayed: "O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

Esther 3:6-12

But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai's people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Psalm 50:16

God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

Psalm 52:1

For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!

Psalm 82:1

A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the assembly of El; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

Isaiah 1:11-20

"Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?" says the Lord. "I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.

Jeremiah 7:4-11

Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, "We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!"

Daniel 3:4-7

Then the herald made a loud proclamation: "To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given:

Daniel 6:7-9

To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

Micah 6:16

You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab's dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city's inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you."

John 9:22

(His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

John 11:57

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

John 18:28

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

1 John 1:5-6

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

Revelation 13:15-17

The second beast was empowered to give life to the image of the first beast so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.