Deu 32:41-43, Psa 74:22-23, 79:10-12, 94:20-23, Isa 49:26, Zec 2:8 | ESV | STEP | if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment , I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.

Deuteronomy 32:41-43

41 if I ^asharpen my flashing sword ^{▼▼Hebrew the lightning of my sword}
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and ^cmy sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the ^dlong-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 ^e“Rejoice with him, O heavens; ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations}
bow down to him, all gods, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods}
for he ^havenges the blood of his children ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants}
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him}
and cleanses ^{▼▼Or atones for} his people’s land.” ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people}

Psalms 74:22-23

22 Arise, O God, ^mdefend your cause;
ⁿremember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
23 Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
^othe uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

Psalms 79:10-12

10 ^pWhy should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let ^qthe avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!
11 Let ^rthe groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those ^sdoomed to die!
12 Return ^tsevenfold into the ^ulap of our neighbors
the ^vtaunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

Psalms 94:20-23

20 Can ^wwicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by ^xstatute?
21 They ^yband together against the life of the righteous
and condemn ^zthe innocent to death. ^{▼▼Hebrew condemn innocent blood}
22 But the Lord has become my ^abstronghold,
and my God ^acthe rock of my ^adrefuge.
23 He will bring back on them ^aetheir iniquity
and ^afwipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Isaiah 49:26

26 ^agI will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk ^ahwith their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that ^aiI am the Lord your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Zechariah 2:8

8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me ^{▼▼Or he sent me after glory} to the nations who plundered you, ^akfor he who touches you touches ^althe apple of his eye: