How great [are] His signs, And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion [is] from generation to generation.

And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom [is] from generation to generation.

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

"And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who [holds] your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

But you [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

who once [were] not a people but [are] now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

"And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who [holds] your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from [the] wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.

"God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.

[He is] the Rock, His work [is] perfect; For all His ways [are] justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright [is] He.

"Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD [is] the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.

For the word of the LORD [is] right, And all His work [is done] in truth.

He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

The King's strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments [are] right, And [that] in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

The LORD [is] righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.

The LORD [is] near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous [are] Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true [are] Your ways, O King of the saints!

And I heard another from the altar saying, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] Your judgments."

After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power [belong] to the Lord our God!

"For true and righteous [are] His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants [shed] by her."

The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?"

While the word [was still] in the king's mouth, a voice fell from heaven: "King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you!

"But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.

"But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.

"Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

"Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, [He was] above them."

Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze [fetters,] and carried him off to Babylon.

Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Also his prayer and [how God] received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they [are] written among the sayings of Hozai.

Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone [who is] proud, and humble him.

Look on everyone [who is] proud, [and] bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.

"For your sister Sodom was not a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,

"that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done," says the Lord GOD.' "

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to [your] elders. Yes, all of [you] be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,