Self-interpreting Bible

1 O LORD ¹God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, ²shew thyself.

• 1: Heb. God of revenges. De. 32.35. Na. 1.2,6. Ro. 12.19. , De. 32:35 , Na. 1:2 , Na. 1:6 , Ro. 12:19
• 2: Heb. shine forth. Ps. 80.1. , Ps. 80:1

2 ^aLift up thyself, ^bthou judge of the earth: ^crender a reward to the proud.

• a: Ps. 7:6 , Ps. 68:1 , Ps. 44:26 , Ps. 74:22 , Is. 33:10
• b: Ge. 18:25 , Ps. 50:6
• c: Job 40:11 , Job 40:12 , Is. 2:11 , Is. 2:12 , Is. 2:17 , Is. 35:4

3 LORD, ^dhow long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

• d: Ps. 13:2 , Ps. 74:10 , Job 20:5 , Je. 12:1 , Je. 12:2

4 How long shall they ^eutter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

• e: Ps. 31:18 , Ps. 73:8 , Ps. 73:9 , vs. 15 , Is. 37:23 , Is. 37:24 , Job 21:14 , Job 21:15 , Job 34:37

5 They ^fbreak in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

• f: Ps. 10:8 - 15 , Ps. 53:4 , Ps. 58:2 , Psalms 74 , Psalms 79 , Ps. 80:13 , Ps. 124:2 , Ps. 124:3 , Ps. 129:1 - 3 , Mi. 3:2 , Mi. 3:3 , Je. 22:16 , Je. 22:17 , Eze. 22:7

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

7 Yet ^gthey say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

• g: Ps. 10:11 , Ps. 10:13 , Ps. 59:7 , Eze. 8:12 , Eze. 9:9 , Is. 29:15 , Je. 23:23 , Je. 23:24 , Job 22:13

8 ^hUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

• h: Ps. 92:6 , Ps. 50:22 , Is. 27:11 , 1Co. 2:14 , De. 32:29 , Je. 6:8 , Ro. 3:11

9 He ⁱthat planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

• i: Ex. 4:11 , Pr. 20:12 , Je. 32:17 , Ps. 147:5 , He. 4:13 , Re. 2:23

10 He that ^jchastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that ^kteacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

• j: Eze. 39:21 , Hab. 3:12 , Genesis 7 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 19 , Exodus 7 - 14 , Joshua 6 - 12 , Judges 3 , Judges 4 , Judges 7 , Judges 11 , Am. 3:2 , Ro. 1:20 , Ro. 2:14 , Ro. 2:15
• k: Pr. 2:6 , Job 32:8 , Job 35:11 , Is. 28:26

11 The ^lLORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

• l: 1Co. 3:19 , 1Co. 3:20 , 1Co. 1:21 , Ro. 1:21 , Ro. 1:22

12 ^mBlessed is the man whom thou ^*chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

• m: Job 5:17 , Job 5:18 , Job 33:16 - 24 , He. 12:5 - 11 , 1Co. 11:32 , Is. 27:9 , Pr. 3:11 , Pr. 3:12 , Ps. 119:67 , Ps. 119:71
• *: chastenest-corrects by punishing.

13 That ⁿthou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until ^othe pit be digged for the wicked.

• n: Hab. 3:16 , Is. 65:12 - 16 , 2Co. 4:17 , 2Co. 4:18 , 2Th. 1:6 - 9
• o: Ps. 55:23

14 For ^pthe LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

• p: 1Sa. 12:22 , Ro. 11:1 , Ro. 11:2 , Ro. 11:12 , Ps. 37:28 , He. 13:5 , Je. 32:39 , Je. 32:40 , Is. 49:15 , Is. 44:21 , Eze. 39:29

15 But ^qjudgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart ³shall follow it.

• q: De. 32:35 , De. 32:36 , Job 35:14 , Ps. 125:3
• 3: Heb. shall be after it. Re. 15.3,4. Mat. 5.48. 1Pe. 1.15. , Re. 15:3 , Re. 15:4 , Mat. 5:48 , 1Pe. 1:15

16 Who ^rwill rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

• r: Is. 59:15 , Is. 59:16 , Je. 5:1 , Eze. 22:30 , Mi. 7:2 - 7

17 ^sUnless the LORD had been my help, my soul had ⁴almost dwelt in silence.

• s: Ps. 124:1 - 5 , Ps. 129:4 , Ps. 142:4 , Ps. 142:5 , 2Ti. 4:16 , 2Ti. 4:17 , 2Co. 1:10 , 2Co. 12:9
• 4: Or, quickly. Ps. 143.7; 13.2,3. , Ps. 143:7 , Ps. 13:2 , Ps. 13:3

18 When I said, ^tMy foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

• t: Ps. 38:16 , Ps. 22:13 , Ps. 121:3 , Is. 46:4 , Job 35:14

19 In ^uthe multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

• u: Ps. 61:2 , Ps. 63:5 , Ps. 63:6 , Hab. 3:16 - 18 , 2Co. 1:3 , 2Co. 1:4 , 2Co. 7:6

20 Shall ^vthe throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which ^w*frameth mischief by a law?

• v: Job 34:17 , Job 34:19 , Ps. 5:4 - 6 , 2Co. 6:14
• w: Is. 10:1 , Ps. 58:2 , Mi. 6:16 , Da. 6:7 , Da. 3:4 - 6
• *: frameth-forms.

21 They ^xgather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and ^ycondemn the innocent blood.

• x: Pr. 1:11 , Pr. 1:16 , Mat. 27:1 , Da. 6:6 , Ps. 2:1 - 3 , Ps. 58:2 , Ps. 94:4 - 6
• y: Ex. 23:7 , Mat. 27:4

22 But ^zthe LORD is my defence; and my God is ^athe rock of my refuge.

• z: Ps. 7:10 , Ps. 57:2 , Ps. 59:9 , Ps. 59:10 , Ps. 59:17 , Ps. 91:1 - 4 , Ps. 91:9 , 2Co. 1:10
• a: Ps. 95:1

23 And ^bhe shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

• b: Ps. 7:16 , Ps. 9:16 , Ps. 9:17 , Ps. 55:23 , Pr. 5:22 , Eze. 18:4 , Ro. 2:8 , Ro. 2:9 , 2Th. 1:1 - 10 , Is. 3:11