But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.
But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O Lord. Take them away with those who do evil. May Israel have peace!
For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.
I am constantly hounded by those who slander me, and many are boldly attacking me.
Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.
But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these!
I know now that the Lord is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of the proud Egyptians.”
Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church.
