But you, Lord, are forever exalted.
But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the Lord on high is mighty.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”
If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.
