You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”

and the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Let foreigners rejoice and celebrate! For you execute justice among the nations, and govern the people living on earth. (Selah)

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them!

He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.

He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet.

I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!

You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!

you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

The one who says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it.