2 Samuel 18:31 Cross References - NSB

³¹ Then the Sudanese messenger came. Good news for Your Majesty! He said. Today Jehovah freed you from all who turned against you.

³⁵ »Vengeance and retribution belong to me. (Vengeance is mine, I will repay.) Their foot shall slide in time, for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things to come on them come quickly. ³⁶ »Jehovah will bring his people justice. He will have compassion on his servants. He sees that their power is gone, and only the imprisoned and abandoned remain.

¹⁹ Ahimaaz son of Zadok said: »Joab let me run and tell King David that Jehovah rescued him from his enemies.«

²⁸ Ahimaaz approached the king, greeted him, and bowed down in front of him. Ahimaaz said: »May Jehovah your God be praised. He has handed over the men who rebelled against Your Majesty.«

⁴⁸ »You, Jehovah, give me victory over my enemies! You subdue nations under me. ⁴⁹ »You protect me from violent enemies. You made me greater than all of them.

¹⁰ The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹ O Jehovah, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth! ² Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud. ³ O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult? ⁴ They utter speech. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves.

² »If Jehovah was not on our side when men rose up against us: ³ »Then they would have swallowed us up quickly, when their wrath was kindled against us.

⁷ »Should God avenge his chosen that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? ⁸ »I say to you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, will the Son of man find faith on the earth when he comes?»