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

General references

Bible References

Gather

Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

For dogs have surrounded me;

A band of evildoers has encompassed me;

They pierced my hands and my feet.

For behold, they have set an ambush for my life;

Fierce men

launch an attack against me,

Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,

If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Condemn

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours.”’”

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”

“Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

You have condemned and

put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.

General references

So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you.

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,