bow down in homage lest he become angry and you perish from the way, for his wrath can flare up in an instant. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

But I will enter your house because of your great kindness, and I will bow down in your holy temple, filled with awe of you.

All those who prosper on the earth will bow down before him; all those who lie in the grave will kneel in homage.

I went about as though in grief, as though for a friend or brother. I bowed down in sorrow as though lamenting for a mother.

The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to bring down the poor and the needy and to slaughter those who are upright.

I am bowed down and bent over, as I spend each day in sorrow.

bow down before him. The Daughter of Tyre will bring you gifts, people of wealth will seek your favor.

The whole earth bows down in worship before you, singing praises to you, singing praises to your name.” Selah

His foes will bow down before him, and his enemies will lick the dust.

You must not accept a foreign god in your presence; you must not bow down to an alien deity.

All the nations you have made will come and bow down before you, O Lord, and glorify your name.

Come forth! Let us bow down to worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker.

All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast of their worthless idols; bow down before him, all you gods.

I bow down toward your holy temple and I praise your name for your kindness and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

The Lord supports all those who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

and opens the eyes of those who cannot see. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.

Evil men will bow down before the good, and the wicked will do so at the gates of the righteous.

And once again the people would bow down in worship to receive the blessing of the Most High.

Their land is full of idols; they bow down before the work of their hands, before what their own fingers have fashioned.

People are bowed down, everyone is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.

When such trees are suitable to burn, he can use some of them to keep warm or to bake bread, but with others he fashions a god and worships it, shaping it into an idol and bowing down before it.

With the remainder he fashions a god, an idol before which he bows down and offers worship. He prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Thus says the Lord: The wealth of Egypt, the commerce of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, tall of stature, will come over to you and belong to you; they will follow you, wearing chains. They will bow down before you and pray to you, saying, “God is with you alone, and there is no other; there is no god aside from him.”

Chapter 46

The Idols of Babylon

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts and cattle. The images you used to carry on your shoulders are now a burden for weary animals.

They stoop and bow down together but are unable to transport their burden safely, and they too move forth into captivity.