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The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
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Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
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Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
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Psalm 8
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
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Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.
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The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.
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I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
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In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
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The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
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The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
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Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
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You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
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All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
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All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him— those who cannot keep themselves alive.
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Psalm 24
Of David. A psalm.
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
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Psalm 28
Of David.
To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
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Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
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The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
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Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him.
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from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—
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The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;
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but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth.
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Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
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Psalm 44
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.
We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
