before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor,

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.

He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O Lord, when they hear the words you speak.

my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.