Psalm 94:21

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Summary

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Gather

Condemn

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Gather

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate on a vain thing?

and You have brought Me into the dust of death. For dogs have circled around Me; the band of spoilers have hemmed Me in, piercers of My hands and My feet.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

And it becoming early morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

And it happened on the next day that their rulers and elders and scribes, gathered to Jerusalem,

Condemn

Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

And you shall speak to him, saying, So says Jehovah, Have you killed and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him saying, So says Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.

But know for certain that if you put me to death you shall surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its people. For truly Jehovah has sent me to you to speak all these Words in your ears.

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each man by his might, have been in you in order to shed blood.

and you fill up the measure of your fathers.

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been the betrayers and murderers;

You have condemned and murdered the just; he does not resist you.

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with a great marveling.

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so that innocent blood may not be shed in your land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance, and blood may not be on you.

And again I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Do not judge according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.

since it is a righteous thing with God to repay tribulation to those who trouble you,