<p class="poetry">you kings of the earth and all you nations,p> <p class="poetry">you princes and all you leaders<n id="1" /> on the earth,p>

<p class="poetry">So now, you kings, do what is wise;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They experience his favor;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">their descendants<n id="2" /> inherit the land.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely<n id="1" /> those favored by the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> will possess the land,p> <p class="poetry">but those rejected<n id="3" /> by him will be wiped out.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The godly will possess the landp> <p class="poetry">and will dwell in it permanently.p>

<p class="poetry">They speak as if they rule in heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and lay claim to the earth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You have brought to an end his splendor,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and have knocked<n id="2" /> his throne to the ground.p>

<p class="poetry">His lightning bolts light up the world;p> <p class="poetry">the earth sees and trembles.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A thanksgiving psalm.p> <p class="poetry">Shout out praises to the <sc>Lordsc>, all the earth!p>

<p class="poetry">He looks down on the earth and it shakes;p> <p class="poetry">he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.p>

<p class="poetry">He is the <sc>Lordsc> our God;p> <p class="poetry">he carries out judgment throughout the earth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their land was overrun by frogs,p> <p class="poetry">which even got into the rooms of their kings.p>

<p class="poetry">He sent hail along with the rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">there was lightning in their land.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They rejected the fruitful land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not believe his promise.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">make their descendants<n id="1" /> die<n id="2" /> among the nations,p> <p class="poetry">and scatter them among foreign lands.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">and gathered from foreign lands,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from east and west,p> <p class="poetry">from north and south.p>

<p class="poetry">and a fruitful land into a barren place,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the sin of its inhabitants.p>

<p class="poetry">He bends down to look<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">at the sky and the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">May you be blessed by the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the creator<n id="1" /> of heaven and earth!p>

<p class="poetry">I will serve<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">in the land<n id="2" /> of the living.p>