"Your right hand, LORD, is awesome in power; it breaks the enemy in pieces.

So may all your enemies die like that, O LORD, but may your friends shine like the rising sun! And there was peace in the land for forty years.

You will break them with an iron rod; you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.' "

The king will capture all his enemies; he will capture everyone who hates him.

He will destroy them like a blazing fire when he appears. The LORD will devour them in his anger, and fire will consume them.

God rises up and scatters his enemies. Those who hate him run away in defeat.

As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off; as wax melts in front of the fire, so do the wicked perish in God's presence.

We know that your enemies will die, and all the wicked will be defeated.

Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and kill them in my presence!' "

While Samuel was offering the sacrifice, the Philistines moved forward to attack; but just then the LORD thundered from heaven against them. They became completely confused and fled in panic.

So Samuel prayed, and on that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of the LORD and of Samuel,

Are you as strong as I am? Can your voice thunder as loud as mine?

Then the LORD thundered from the sky; and the voice of the Most High was heard.

He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running.

The Almighty God, the LORD, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.

Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.

He says, "Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice."

when the LORD comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

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

Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your heart's desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.

God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad, even things done in secret.

"When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne,

and the people of all the nations will be gathered before him. Then he will divide them into two groups, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to.

Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

You then, who eat only vegetables---why do you pass judgment on others? And you who eat anything---why do you despise other believers? All of us will stand before God to be judged by him.

Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God.

For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more.

Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged according to what they had done.

Those who did not have their name written in the book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire.

"Now here is the king you chose; you asked for him, and now the LORD has given him to you.

Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and given it to someone who is a better man than you.

The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king."

"So tell my servant David that I, the LORD Almighty, say to him, 'I took you from looking after sheep in the fields and made you the ruler of my people Israel.

He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.

"On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king."

The king is glad, O LORD, because you gave him strength; he rejoices because you made him victorious.

The king trusts in the LORD Almighty; and because of the LORD's constant love he will always be secure.

Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with justice.

"They will say that only through me are victory and strength to be found; but all who hate me will suffer disgrace.

Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.

Jesus drew near and said to them, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

You give us great victories; in your love you make us triumphant.

I will love him and be loyal to him; I will make him always victorious.

You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.

He made his nation strong, so that all his people praise him--- the people of Israel, so dear to him. Praise the LORD!

He has provided for us a mighty Savior, a descendant of his servant David.

Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, accuse me now in the presence of the LORD and the king he has chosen. Have I taken anybody's cow or anybody's donkey? Have I cheated or oppressed anyone? Have I accepted a bribe from anyone? If I have done any of these things, I will pay back what I have taken."

Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the LORD and against the king he chose.

Now I know that the LORD gives victory to his chosen king; he answers him from his holy heaven and by his power gives him great victories.

The LORD protects his people; he defends and saves his chosen king.

you love what is right and hate what is evil. That is why God, your God, has chosen you and has poured out more happiness on you than on any other king.

For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.

You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.