⁸ Rise up,^(A) O God, judge^(B) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.^(C)

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;^(A)
    he has established his throne^(B) for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness^(C)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(D)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(A)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(B)

¹⁹ Arise,^(A) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(B)
    let the nations be judged^(C) in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror,^(D) Lord;
    let the nations know they are only mortal.^(E)

“Sit at my right hand^(B)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”^(C)

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(D) from Zion,^(E) saying,
    “Rule^(F) in the midst of your enemies!”
³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(G)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[b](H)

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(I)
“You are a priest forever,^(J)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(K)”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand^[c];^(L)
    he will crush kings^(M) on the day of his wrath.^(N)
6 He will judge the nations,^(O) heaping up the dead^(P)
    and crushing the rulers^(Q) of the whole earth.

⁸ Ask me,
    and I will make the nations^(A) your inheritance,^(B)
    the ends of the earth^(C) your possession.
⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron^[a];^(D)
    you will dash them to pieces^(E) like pottery.^(F)”

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord^(A) is near^(B)—
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
¹⁵ That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness^(C) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness^(D)—
¹⁶     a day of trumpet and battle cry^(E)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.^(F)

¹⁷ “I will bring such distress^(G) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,^(H)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out^(I) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.^(J)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”^(K)

In the fire of his jealousy^(L)
    the whole earth will be consumed,^(M)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.^(N)

³¹ The tumult^(A) will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for the Lord will bring charges^(B) against the nations;
he will bring judgment^(C) on all^(D) mankind
    and put the wicked to the sword,^(E)’”
declares the Lord.

“Look! Disaster^(F) is spreading
    from nation to nation;^(G)
a mighty storm^(H) is rising
    from the ends of the earth.”^(I)