Deuteronomy 32:35

32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back

at the time their foot slips;

for the day of their disaster is near,

and the impending judgment ¹  is rushing upon them!”

Deuteronomy 32:43

32:43 Cry out, O nations, with his people,

for he will avenge his servants’ blood;

he will take vengeance against his enemies,

and make atonement for his land and people.

Psalms 94:1-3

Psalm 94 ² 

94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!

O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! ³ 

94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth!

Pay back the proud!

94:3 O Lord, how long will the wicked,

how long will the wicked celebrate? ⁴ 

Romans 12:19

12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, ⁵  for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ⁶  says the Lord.

Hebrews 10:30-31

10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ⁷  and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” ⁸  10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Revelation 19:1-3

19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

19:2 because his judgments are true and just. ⁹ 

For he has judged ¹⁰  the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,

and has avenged the blood of his servants ¹¹  poured out by her own hands!” ¹² 

19:3 Then ¹³  a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.

² sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

³ tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).

⁴ tn Or “exult.”

⁵ tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

⁶ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

⁷ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

⁸ sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.

⁹ tn Compare the similar phrase in Rev 16:7.

¹⁰ tn Or “has punished.” See BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α, describing the OT background which involves both the vindication of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty.

¹¹ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

¹² tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed).

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

¹⁴ tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”