and they cried with a loud voice saying, "How long tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

Then the LORD's angel gave answer, and said, 'O LORD of Hosts, how long wilt thou be unmerciful to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with whom thou hast been displeased now these seventy years?'

"And write unto the tidings-bringer of the congregation of Philadelphia, 'This saith he that is holy and true, which hath the key of David; which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth.

for true and righteous are his judgments, for he hath judged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants of her hand."

"For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken.

And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead; that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets and saints, and to them that fear thy name, small and great, and shouldest destroy them, which destroy the earth."

And he said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth unto me out of the earth.

And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, "My Lord Jehovah think upon me, and strengthen me at this time only, O God, that I may be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."

The LORD be judge between thee and me, and the LORD avenge me of thee. But mine hand be not upon thee.

And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

LORD, how long wilt thou look upon this? O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.

We see not our tokens. There is not one prophet more; no, not one is there among us, that understandeth any more.

Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.

LORD, how long shall the ungodly, how long shall the ungodly triumph?

That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness.

What is he, this that cometh from Edom, with stained red clothes of Bozrah, which is so costly cloth, and cometh in so nimbly with all his strength? "I am he that teacheth righteousness, and am of power to help."

Upon this I heard one of the saints speaking, which saint said unto one that asked this question, "How long shall this vision of the daily sacrifice and of the wasting abomination endure: that the Sanctuary and the power shall so be trodden under foot?"

And one of them said, unto him which was clothed in linen and stood above upon the waters of the flood, "How long shall it be to the end of these wondrous works?"

For these be the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that are written.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves but give room unto the wrath of God. For it is written, "Vengeance is mine, and I will reward, saith the Lord."

It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,

and to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood that speaketh better than the blood of Abel.

Because thou hast kept the words of my patience, therefore I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which will come upon all the world, to tempt them that dwell upon the earth.

and they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the lamb, saying,

And I heard an angel say, "Lord which art and wast, thou art righteous and holy, because thou hast given such judgments,

Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."

and in her was found the blood of the prophets, and of the saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth."

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They cried

And he said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth unto me out of the earth.
And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:
and to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood that speaketh better than the blood of Abel.

Holy

"And write unto the tidings-bringer of the congregation of Philadelphia, 'This saith he that is holy and true, which hath the key of David; which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth.
and they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the lamb, saying,

Dost

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead; that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets and saints, and to them that fear thy name, small and great, and shouldest destroy them, which destroy the earth."
And I heard an angel say, "Lord which art and wast, thou art righteous and holy, because thou hast given such judgments,
Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."
for true and righteous are his judgments, for he hath judged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants of her hand."
"For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken.
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, "My Lord Jehovah think upon me, and strengthen me at this time only, O God, that I may be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."
The LORD be judge between thee and me, and the LORD avenge me of thee. But mine hand be not upon thee.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.
That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness.
What is he, this that cometh from Edom, with stained red clothes of Bozrah, which is so costly cloth, and cometh in so nimbly with all his strength? "I am he that teacheth righteousness, and am of power to help."
For these be the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that are written.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves but give room unto the wrath of God. For it is written, "Vengeance is mine, and I will reward, saith the Lord."
It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,

General references

O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour? How long shall the enemy blaspheme thy name? Forever?
Unto thee also, O Zion, shall come the day of the vengeance of God, and the year when thine own judgments shall be recompensed.
Wilt thou not be intreated, LORD, for all this? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and scourge us so sore?
Therefore will I reward the city of Babylon and all her citizens the Chaldeans, with all the evil which they have done unto Zion. Yea, that ye yourselves shall see it, sayeth the LORD.
{Tav} Reward them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,
For ye have not yet resisted unto blood shedding, striving against sin.
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