The LORD is king! Earth, be glad! Rejoice, you islands of the seas!

All the kings in the world will praise you, LORD, because they have heard your promises.

They will sing about what you have done and about your great glory.

"Nations, you must praise the LORD's people--- he punishes all who kill them. He takes revenge on his enemies and forgives the sins of his people."

Those who survive will sing for joy. Those in the West will tell how great the LORD is,

From the most distant parts of the world we will hear songs in praise of Israel, the righteous nation. But there is no hope for me! I am wasting away! Traitors continue to betray, and their treachery grows worse and worse.

Sing a new song to the LORD; sing his praise, all the world! Praise him, you that sail the sea; praise him, all creatures of the sea! Sing, distant lands and all who live there!

Let those who live in distant lands give praise and glory to the LORD!

Jerusalem, you have been like a childless woman, but now you can sing and shout for joy. Now you will have more children than a woman whose husband never left her.

Again it says, "Rejoice, Gentiles, with God's people!"

And again, "Praise the Lord, all Gentiles; praise him, all peoples!"

For the scripture says, "Be happy, you childless woman! Shout and cry with joy, you who never felt the pains of childbirth! For the woman who was deserted will have more children than the woman whose husband never left her."

He rules the world with righteousness; he judges the nations with justice.

Say to all the nations, "The LORD is king! The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with justice."

be glad, fields, and everything in you! The trees in the woods will shout for joy

because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly."

For he has fixed a day in which he will judge the whole world with justice by means of a man he has chosen. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising that man from death!"

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.

Ask, and I will give you all the nations; the whole earth will be yours.

'You are gods,' I said; 'all of you are children of the Most High.'

I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!"

saying: "Lord God Almighty, the one who is and who was! We thank you that you have taken your great power and have begun to rule!