Psalm 9:19
New Living Translation
19 Arise, O Lord!
Do not let mere mortals defy you!
Judge the nations!
Psalm 3:7
New Living Translation
7 Arise, O Lord!
Rescue me, my God!
Slap all my enemies in the face!
Shatter the teeth of the wicked!
Psalm 74:22-23
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22 Arise, O God, and defend your cause.
Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
23 Don’t overlook what your enemies have said
or their growing uproar.
Psalm 44:26
New Living Translation
26 Rise up! Help us!
Ransom us because of your unfailing love.
Psalm 44:23
New Living Translation
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.
Psalm 10:12
New Living Translation
12 Arise, O Lord!
Punish the wicked, O God!
Do not ignore the helpless!
Psalm 7:6
New Living Translation
6 Arise, O Lord, in anger!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
Zephaniah 3:8
New Living Translation
8 Therefore, be patient,” says the Lord.
“Soon I will stand and accuse these evil nations.
For I have decided to gather the kingdoms of the earth
and pour out my fiercest anger and fury on them.
All the earth will be devoured
by the fire of my jealousy.
Isaiah 51:9
New Living Translation
9 Wake up, wake up, O Lord! Clothe yourself with strength!
Flex your mighty right arm!
Rouse yourself as in the days of old
when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.[a]
Footnotes
- 51:9 Hebrew You slew Rahab; you pierced the dragon. Rahab is the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature. The name is used here as a poetic name for Egypt.
Psalm 149:7
New Living Translation
7 to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
Psalm 79:6
New Living Translation
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
Revelation 19:15
New Living Translation
15 From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress.
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Zechariah 14:18
New Living Translation
18 If the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the Lord will punish[a] them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go.
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- 14:18 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads will not punish.
Micah 5:15
New Living Translation
15 I will pour out my vengeance
on all the nations that refuse to obey me.”
Joel 3:12
New Living Translation
12 “Let the nations be called to arms.
Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I, the Lord, will sit
to pronounce judgment on them all.
Jeremiah 10:25
New Living Translation
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel[a];
they have devoured and consumed them,
making the land a desolate wilderness.
Isaiah 42:13-14
New Living Translation
13 The Lord will march forth like a mighty hero;
he will come out like a warrior, full of fury.
He will shout his battle cry
and crush all his enemies.
14 He will say, “I have long been silent;
yes, I have restrained myself.
But now, like a woman in labor,
I will cry and groan and pant.
Psalm 80:2
New Living Translation
2 to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Show us your mighty power.
Come to rescue us!
Psalm 76:8-9
New Living Translation
8 From heaven you sentenced your enemies;
the earth trembled and stood silent before you.
9 You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,
and to rescue the oppressed of the earth. Interlude
Psalm 68:1-2
New Living Translation
Psalm 68
For the choir director: A song. A psalm of David.
1 Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies.
Let those who hate God run for their lives.
2 Blow them away like smoke.
Melt them like wax in a fire.
Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
Psalm 2:1-3
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Psalm 2
1 Why are the nations so angry?
Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
2 The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
the rulers plot together
against the Lord
and against his anointed one.
3 “Let us break their chains,” they cry,
“and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
2 Chronicles 14:11
New Living Translation
11 Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”
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1 Samuel 2:9
New Living Translation
9 “He will protect his faithful ones,
but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.
Genesis 32:28
New Living Translation
28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel,[a] because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
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- 32:28 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.” Israel means “God fights.”
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