35 Vengeance and retribution belong to me.[a](A)
In time their foot will slip,
for their day of disaster is near,
and their doom is coming quickly.”

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Footnotes

  1. 32:35 MT; LXX reads On a day of vengeance I will repay.

35 It is mine to avenge;(A) I will repay.(B)
    In due time their foot will slip;(C)
their day of disaster is near
    and their doom rushes upon them.(D)

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41 when I sharpen my flashing sword,
and my hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.

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41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(A)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(B) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.(C)

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43 Rejoice, you nations, concerning his people,[a](A)
for he will avenge the blood of his servants.[b]
He will take vengeance on his adversaries;[c](B)
he will purify his land and his people.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 32:43 LXX reads Rejoice, you heavens, along with him, and let all the sons of God worship him; rejoice, you nations, with his people, and let all the angels of God strengthen themselves in him; DSS read Rejoice, you heavens, along with him, and let all the angels worship him; Heb 1:6
  2. 32:43 DSS, LXX read sons
  3. 32:43 DSS, LXX add and he will repay those who hate him; v. 41
  4. 32:43 Syr, Tg; DSS, Sam, LXX, Vg read his people’s land

43 Rejoice,(A) you nations, with his people,[a][b]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(B)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(C)
    and make atonement for his land and people.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
  2. Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /

Psalm 94

The Just Judge

Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, shine!(A)

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Psalm 94

The Lord is a God who avenges.(A)
    O God who avenges, shine forth.(B)

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inflicting vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,(A)

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to inflict vengeance(A) on the nations
    and punishment(B) on the peoples,

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24 Therefore the Lord God of Armies,
the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
“Ah, I will get even with my foes;
I will take revenge against my enemies.(A)

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24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One(A) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge(B) myself on my enemies.(C)

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17 He put on righteousness as body armor,
and a helmet of salvation on his head;(A)
he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.(B)

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17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(A)
    and the helmet(B) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(C) of vengeance(D)
    and wrapped himself in zeal(E) as in a cloak.

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Should I not punish them for these things?(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge myself(B)
on such a nation as this?

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Should I not punish them for this?”(A)
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(B) myself
    on such a nation as this?

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29 Should I not punish them for these things?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge myself(A)
on such a nation as this?

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29 Should I not punish them for this?”
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(A) myself
    on such a nation as this?

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Should I not punish them for these things?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge myself(A)
on such a nation as this?

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Should I not punish them for this?”
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(A) myself
    on such a nation as this?”

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10 That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies,
a day of vengeance to avenge himself
against his adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice(A) to the Lord, the God of Armies,
in the northern land by the Euphrates River.(B)

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10 But that day(A) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
    a day of vengeance(B), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour(C) till it is satisfied,
    till it has quenched its thirst with blood.(D)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice(E)
    in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(F)

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15 Raise a war cry against her on every side!
She has thrown up her hands in surrender;
her defense towers have fallen;
her walls are demolished.(A)
Since this is the Lord’s vengeance,(B)
take your vengeance on her;
as she has done, do the same to her.

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15 Shout(A) against her on every side!
    She surrenders, her towers fall,
    her walls(B) are torn down.
Since this is the vengeance(C) of the Lord,
    take vengeance on her;
    do to her(D) as she has done to others.(E)

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Leave Babylon;(A)
save your lives, each of you!(B)
Don’t perish because of her guilt.
For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance—
he will pay her what she deserves.(C)

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“Flee(A) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(B)
It is time(C) for the Lord’s vengeance;(D)
    he will repay(E) her what she deserves.

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