but you, O Lord, are on high forever.
that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.
If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!
my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people.”
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
