Psalm 94:20

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

¹⁹ When I am filled with cares,
Your comfort brings me joy. ²⁰ Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?
²¹ They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.

Allied with

Allied With

Have Fellowship With

Sin

Psalm 58:2

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Amos 6:3

You dismiss any thought of the evil day
and bring in a reign of violence.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those enacting crooked statutes
and writing oppressive laws

1 Samuel 22:12

Then Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub!”

“I’m at your service, my lord,” he said.

1 Kings 12:32

Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah. He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

2 Chronicles 6:14-16

He said:

Lord God of Israel,
there is no God like You
in heaven or on earth,
keeping His gracious covenant
with Your servants who walk before You
with their whole heart.

Esther 3:6-12

And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, Haman decided not to do away with Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.

Psalm 50:16

But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?

Psalm 52:1

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.

Psalm 82:1

A psalm of Asaph.God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

Isaiah 1:11-20

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

Jeremiah 7:4-11

Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.

Daniel 3:4-7

A herald loudly proclaimed, “People of every nation and language, you are commanded:

Daniel 6:7-9

All the administrators of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that for 30 days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den.

Micah 6:16

The statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s residents an object of contempt;
you will bear the scorn of My people.”

John 9:22

His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah, he would be banned from the synagogue.

John 11:57

The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so they could arrest Him.

John 18:28

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

1 John 1:5-6

Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him.

Revelation 13:15-17

He was permitted to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.