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 32:41-43

32:41 I will sharpen my lightning-like sword,

and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; ² 

I will execute vengeance on my foes,

and repay those who hate me! ³ 

32:42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,

and my sword will devour flesh –

the blood of the slaughtered and captured,

the chief ⁴  of the enemy’s leaders!’”

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 75:7-8

75:7 For God is the judge! ⁵ 

He brings one down and exalts another. ⁶ 

75:8 For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full

of foaming wine mixed with spices, ⁷ 

and pours it out. ⁸ 

Surely all the wicked of the earth

will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.” ⁹ 

Psalms 94:1-5

Psalm 94 ¹⁰ 

94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!

O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! ¹¹ 

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? ¹² 

94:4 They spew out threats ¹³  and speak defiantly;

all the evildoers boast. ¹⁴ 

94:5 O Lord, they crush your people;

they oppress the nation that belongs to you. ¹⁵ 

Zephaniah 2:4

Judgment on Surrounding Nations

2:4 Indeed, ¹⁶  Gaza will be deserted ¹⁷ 

and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. ¹⁸ 

Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, ¹⁹ 

and Ekron will be overthrown. ²⁰ 

Romans 12:19

12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, ²¹  for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ²²  says the Lord.

[32:35]  ¹ tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.

[32:41]  ² tn Heb “judgment.” This is a metonymy, a figure of speech in which the effect (judgment) is employed as an instrument (sword, spear, or the like), the means, by which it is brought about.

[32:41]  ³ tn The Hebrew term שָׂנֵא (sane’, “hate”) in this covenant context speaks of those who reject Yahweh’s covenant overtures, that is, who disobey its stipulations (see note on the word “rejecting” in Deut 5:9; also see Deut 7:10; 2 Chr 19:2; Ps 81:15; 139:20-21).

[32:42]  ⁴ tn Or “head” (the same Hebrew word can mean “head” in the sense of “leader, chieftain” or “head” in the sense of body part).

[75:7]  ⁵ tn Or “judges.”

[75:7]  ⁶ tn The imperfects here emphasize the generalizing nature of the statement.

[75:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “for a cup [is] in the hand of the Lord, and wine foams, it is full of a spiced drink.” The noun מֶסֶךְ (mesekh) refers to a “mixture” of wine and spices.

[75:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he pours out from this.”

[75:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “surely its dregs they slurp up and drink, all the wicked of the earth.”

[94:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

[94:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).

[94:3]  ¹² tn Or “exult.”

[94:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”

[94:4]  ¹⁴ tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).

[94:5]  ¹⁵ tn Or “your inheritance.”

[2:4]  ¹⁶ tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[2:4]  ¹⁷ tn There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name Gaza (עַזָּה, ’azzah) sounds like the word translated “deserted” (עֲזוּבָה, ’azuvah).

[2:4]  ¹⁸ tn Or “a desolate place.”

[2:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “[As for] Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away.”

[2:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “uprooted.” There is a sound play here in the Hebrew text: the name “Ekron” (עֶקְרוֹן, ’eqron) sounds like the word translated “uprooted” (תֵּעָקֵר, te’aqer).

[12:19]  ²¹ tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

[12:19]  ²² sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.