Psalm 67:4
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4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth. Selah(A)
Psalm 98:9
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9 at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with equity.(A)
Romans 15:10-11
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10 and again he says,
“Rejoice, O gentiles, with his people”;
11 and again,
“Praise the Lord, all you gentiles,
and let all the peoples praise him”;
Acts 17:31
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31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”(A)
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Isaiah 42:10-12
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A Hymn of Praise
10 Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth!
Let the sea roar[a] and all that fills it,
the coastlands and their inhabitants.(A)
11 Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar inhabits;
let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy;
let them shout from the tops of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord
and declare his praise in the coastlands.(B)
Footnotes
- 42.10 Cn: Heb Those who go down to the sea
Isaiah 24:14-16
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14 They lift up their voices; they sing for joy;
they shout from the west over the majesty of the Lord.(A)
15 Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea glorify the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.(B)
16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to the Righteous One.
But I say, “I pine away;
I pine away. Woe is me!
For the treacherous deal treacherously;
the treacherous deal very treacherously.”(C)
Psalm 138:4-5
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4 All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord,
for they have heard the words of your mouth.(A)
5 They shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
for great is the glory of the Lord.
Psalm 96:10-97:1
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10 Say among the nations, “The Lord is king!
The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity.”(A)
11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar and all that fills it;(B)
12 let the field exult and everything in it.
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
13 before the Lord, for he is coming,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with his truth.(C)
Psalm 97
The Glory of God’s Reign
1 The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!(D)
Psalm 82:6
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6 I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;(A)
Psalm 9:8
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8 He judges the world with righteousness;
he judges the peoples with equity.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:43
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Genesis 18:25
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25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”(A)
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Revelation 11:15-17
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The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,[a]
and he will reign forever and ever.”(A)
16 Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,(B) 17 singing,
“We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty,
who are and who were,
for you have taken your great power
and begun to reign.(C)
Footnotes
- 11.15 Gk Christ
Galatians 4:27
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27 For it is written,
“Rejoice, you childless one, you who bear no children,
burst into song and shout, you who endure no birth pangs,
for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous
than the children of the one who is married.”(A)
Romans 2:5
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5 But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(A)
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Isaiah 55:4
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4 See, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.(A)
Isaiah 54:1
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The Eternal Covenant of Peace
54 Shout for joy, O barren one who has borne no children;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate woman will be more
than the children of the one who is married, says the Lord.(A)
Psalm 2:8
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8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage
and the ends of the earth your possession.(A)
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