Psalm 92:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Though the wicked flourish like grass and all sinners thrive, They are destined for eternal destruction;

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Let them be ashamed and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace.

About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them.

But profitable for a land in such circumstances is a king concerned about cultivation.

More powerful than the roar of many waters, more powerful than the breakers of the sea, powerful in the heavens is the Lord.

Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for he rescued the people from the power of the Egyptians when they treated them arrogantly.”

Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away.

Till I entered the sanctuary of God and came to understand their end.

You set them, indeed, on a slippery road; you hurl them down to ruin.

But those who turn aside to crooked ways may the Lord send down with the evildoers. Peace upon Israel!