Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.

Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”

Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth.

And who is like your people Israel—the one nation on earth whose God went out to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for yourself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.