2 Chronicles 20:12
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12 O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”(A)
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Psalm 121:1-2
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Psalm 121
Assurance of God’s Protection
A Song of Ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where will my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.(A)
Psalm 25:15
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15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for he will pluck my feet out of the net.(A)
Psalm 141:8
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8 But my eyes are turned toward you, O God, my Lord;
in you I seek refuge; do not leave me defenseless.(A)
Psalm 123:1-2
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Psalm 123
Supplication for Mercy
A Song of Ascents.
1 To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!(A)
2 As the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
until he has mercy upon us.(B)
Deuteronomy 32:36
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36 Indeed, the Lord will vindicate his people,
have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone,
neither bond nor free remaining.(A)
2 Corinthians 1:8-9
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8 We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.(A) 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
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Psalm 9:19
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19 Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail;
let the nations be judged before you.(A)
Psalm 43:1
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Psalm 43
Prayer to God in Time of Trouble
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people;
from those who are deceitful and unjust,
deliver me!(A)
Jonah 2:4
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4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
how[a] shall I look again
upon your holy temple?’(A)
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- 2.4 Theodotion: Heb surely
2 Samuel 14:11
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11 Then she said, “Please, may the king keep the Lord your God in mind, so that the avenger of blood may kill no more and my son not be destroyed.” He said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”(A)
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1 Samuel 3:13
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13 For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God,[a] and he did not restrain them.(A)
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- 3.13 Gk: Heb cursing for themselves
Judges 11:27
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27 It is not I who have sinned against you, but you are the one who does me wrong by making war on me. Let the Lord, who is judge, decide today for the Israelites or for the Ammonites.”(A)
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Revelation 19:11
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The Rider on the White Horse
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.(A)
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Psalm 7:8
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8 The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.(A)
Joel 3:12
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12 Let the nations rouse themselves
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit to judge
all the neighboring nations.(A)
2 Kings 6:15
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15 When an attendant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. His servant said, “Alas, master! What shall we do?”
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Isaiah 42:4
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4 He will not grow faint or be crushed
until he has established justice in the earth,
and the coastlands wait for his teaching.(A)
Isaiah 2:4
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4 He shall judge between the nations
and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation;
neither shall they learn war any more.(A)
Psalm 7:6
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6 Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake, O my God;[a] you have appointed a judgment.(A)
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- 7.6 Or awake for me
1 Samuel 14:6
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6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will act for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”(A)
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