All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.

May they know that you alone are the LORD, supreme ruler over all the earth.

They will disappear, but you will remain; they will all wear out like clothes. You will discard them like clothes, and they will vanish.

But you are always the same, and your life never ends.

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."

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.

"When the seven years had passed," said the king, "I looked up at the sky, and my sanity returned. I praised the Supreme God and gave honor and glory to the one who lives forever. "He will rule forever, and his kingdom will last for all time.

He looks on the people of the earth as nothing; angels in heaven and people on earth are under his control. No one can oppose his will or question what he does.

About this time King Herod began to persecute some members of the church.

"It isn't a man speaking, but a god!" they shouted.

Meanwhile the word of God continued to spread and grow.