because you, Lord, are supreme forever.
May they know that you alone are the Lord, supreme ruler over all the earth.
About this time King Herod began to persecute some members of the church.
Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and both are protected by still higher officials.
The Lord rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea.
All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt.”
They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.
until I went into your Temple. Then I understood what will happen to the wicked.
You will put them in slippery places and make them fall to destruction!
But when you punish the wicked, punish also those who abandon your ways. Peace be with Israel!
