6 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands, 7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, 8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
Psalms 149:6–8
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2 Maccabees 1:27–29
27 Gather together our scattered people, set at liberty those who are in bondage among the heathen, look upon those who are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that you are our God. (WEB) 28 Punish those who oppress us and in arrogance shamefully entreat us. (WEB) 29 Pl… (WEB)
2 Samuel 22:47–49
47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted— 48 the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me, 49 who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Psalms 18:46–48
46 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted— 47 the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me, 48 who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
Odes of Solomon 29:8–10
8 That I might subdue the imaginations of the peoples; and the power of the men of might to bring them low: (ODE) 9 To make war by His word, and to take victory by His power. (ODE) 10 And the Lord overthrew my enemy by His word: and he became like the stubble which the wind carri… (ODE)
Lamentations 3:65–66
65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! 66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
1 Maccabees 7:37–39
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Micah 5:14–15
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Psalms 68:22–24
22 The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea, 23 that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.” 24 They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King…
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