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Psalm 2
Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
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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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You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
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The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
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The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
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Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
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Strike them with terror, Lord; let the nations know they are only mortal.
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The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
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You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
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He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
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Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
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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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for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.
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The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
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Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
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Psalm 43
Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.
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With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
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You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
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You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
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Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.
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I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.
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Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
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He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
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Psalm 47
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.
