<p class="poetry">You have made the nation larger,<n id="1" /> O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you have extended all the borders of the land.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;p> <p class="poetry">such nations will be totally destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Nations come to your light,p> <p class="poetry">kings to your bright light.p>

<p class="poetry">Look, you will summon nations<n id="1" /> you did not previously know;p> <p class="poetry">nations<n id="2" /> that did not previously know you will run to you,p> <p class="poetry">because of the <sc>Lordsc> your God,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for he bestows honor on you.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">As for all the kings of the nations,p> <p class="poetry">all of them<n id="2" /> lie down in splendor,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">each in his own tomb.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">one that remains trustworthy.p>

<p class="poetry">The nations run away when they hear a loud noise;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the nations scatter when you spring into action!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All the nations are insignificant before him;p> <p class="poetry">they are regarded as absolutely nothing.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will judge disputes between nations;p> <p class="poetry">he will settle cases for many peoples.p> <p class="poetry">They will beat their swords into plowshares,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and their spears into pruning hooks.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,p> <p class="poetry">and they will no longer train for war.p>

<p class="poetry">He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">Look, they<n id="2" /> come quickly and swiftly.p>

<p class="poetry">He will lift a signal flag for the nations;p> <p class="poetry">he will gather Israel&#8217;s dispersed people<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and assemble Judah&#8217;s scattered peoplep> <p class="poetry">from the four corners of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">It<n id="1" /> furiously struck down nationsp> <p class="poetry">with unceasing blows.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">It angrily ruled over nations,p> <p class="poetry">oppressing them without restraint.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look how you have fallen from the sky,p> <p class="poetry">O shining one, son of the dawn!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have been cut down to the ground,p> <p class="poetry">O conqueror<n id="2" /> of the nations!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth;p> <p class="poetry">my hand is ready to strike all the nations.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How will they respond to the messengers of this nation?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, the <sc>Lordsc> has made Zion secure;p> <p class="poetry">the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.p>

the deep waters!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Grain from the Shihor region,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">crops grown near the Nile<n id="3" /> she receives;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">she is the trade center<n id="5" /> of the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">So a strong nation will extol you;p> <p class="poetry">the towns of<n id="1" /> powerful nations will fear you.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Come near, you nations, and listen!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, you people!p> <p class="poetry">The earth and everything it contains must listen,p> <p class="poetry">the world and everything that lives in it.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;p> <p class="poetry">they are regarded as dust on the scales.p> <p class="poetry">He lifts<n id="1" /> the coastlands<n id="2" /> as if they were dust.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I, the <sc>Lordsc>, officially commission you;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I take hold of your hand.p> <p class="poetry">I protect you<n id="2" /> and make you a covenant mediator for people,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and a light<n id="4" /> to the nations,<n id="5" />p>