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14 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds.(A)

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20 among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have turned over to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.(A)

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For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

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Repay them according to their work
    and according to the evil of their deeds;
repay them according to the work of their hands;
    render them their due reward.(A)

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Render to her as she herself has rendered,
    and repay her double for her deeds;
    mix a double dose for her in the cup she mixed.(A)

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33 Some of the crowd gave instructions to Alexander, whom the Jews had pushed forward. And Alexander motioned for silence and tried to make a defense before the people.(A) 34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours all of them shouted in unison, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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12 May the Lord judge between me and you! May the Lord avenge me on you, but my hand shall not be against you.(A)

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20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her condemnation of you.(A)

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10 they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”(A)

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16 If you see your brother or sister committing what is not a deadly sin, you will ask, and God[a] will give life to such a one—to those whose sin is not deadly. There is sin that is deadly; I do not say that you should pray about that.(A)

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  1. 5.16 Gk he

19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God,[a] for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”(A)

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  1. 12.19 Gk the wrath

19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
    and listen to what my adversaries say!
20 Is evil a recompense for good?
    Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
    to speak good for them,
    to turn away your wrath from them.(A)
21 Therefore give their children over to famine;
    hurl them out to the power of the sword;
let their wives become childless and widowed.
    May their men meet death by pestilence,
    their youths be slain by the sword in battle.(B)
22 May a cry be heard from their houses
    when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to catch me
    and laid snares for my feet.(C)
23 Yet you, O Lord, know
    all their plotting to kill me.
Do not forgive their iniquity;
    do not blot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be tripped up before you;
    deal with them while you are angry.(D)

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15 O Lord, you know;
    remember me and visit me,
    and bring down retribution for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance do not take me away;
    know that on your account I suffer insult.(A)

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So they reward me evil for good
    and hatred for my love.(A)

They say,[a] “Appoint a wicked man against him;
    let an accuser stand on his right.(B)
When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
    let his prayer be counted as sin.(C)
May his days be few;
    may another seize his position.(D)
May his children be orphans
    and his wife a widow.(E)
10 May his children wander about and beg;
    may they be driven out of[b] the ruins they inhabit.
11 May the creditor seize all that he has;
    may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.(F)
12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
    nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.(G)
13 May his posterity be cut off;
    may his name be blotted out in the second generation.(H)
14 May the iniquity of his father[c] be remembered before the Lord,
    and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.(I)
15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
    and may his[d] memory be cut off from the earth.(J)
16 For he did not remember to show kindness
    but pursued the poor and needy
    and the brokenhearted to their death.(K)
17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
    He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(L)
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it soak into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones.(M)
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
    like a belt that he wears every day.”

20 May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life.(N)

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  1. 109.6 Heb lacks They say
  2. 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek
  3. 109.14 Cn: Heb fathers
  4. 109.15 Gk: Heb their

12     and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
    according to their work.(A)

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39 Today I am powerless, even though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too violent for me. The Lord pay back the one who does wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!”(A)

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