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

So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!

They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

Surely those favored by the Lord will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.

His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

A thanksgiving psalm. Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings.

He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land.

They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

May you be blessed by the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth!

I will serve the Lord in the land of the living.