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…and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.

God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

…if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

…when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”

You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

…between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

…deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

…which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

…lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

…the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.

How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?