Psalms 43:1

One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. May Yahweh the Judge be judge today between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.”

Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the counsel of Ahithophel both was like this with David and with Absalom.

who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.

Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.

Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

the Lord Yahweh says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.

Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds,

because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man:

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May Yahweh judge between me and you.”

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.

For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.