'Nations' in the Bible

Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot?

Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.

Let the assembly of the nations gather around you, and you will sit high above them.

For the LORD will judge the nations. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One.

You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked, you wiped out their name forever and ever.

Sing praises to the LORD who dwells in Zion; declare his mighty deeds among the nations.

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

The wicked will turn back to where the dead are all the nations that have forgotten God.

Rise up, LORD, do not let man prevail! The nations will be judged in your presence.

Make them afraid, LORD, Let the nations know that they are only human. Interlude

The LORD is king forever and ever; nations will perish from his land.

You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me.

He is the God who executes vengeance on my behalf; who destroys nations under me;

Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises to your name.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD.

Indeed, the kingdom belongs to the LORD; he rules over the nations.

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

With your hand you expelled the nations and established our ancestors. You afflicted nations and cast them out.

You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.

You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us.

The nations roared; the kingdoms were shaken. His voice boomed; the earth melts.

Be in awe and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted throughout the earth.

Clap your hands, all you nations! Shout to God with a loud cry of joy!

He subdued nations under us, and nations under our feet.

God is king over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.

The nobles among the nations have joined the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. A song: Lyrics by the Sons of Korah.

I will exalt you among the nations, Lord. I will play music among the nations.

You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude

But you, LORD, will laugh at them; you will mock all the nations.

He calmed the roar of seas, the roaring of the waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

He rules by his power forever, his eyes watching over the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Interlude

Let your ways be known by all the nations of the earth, along with your deliverance.

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy, because you judge people with fairness and you govern the people of the earth. Interlude

May God truly bless us so that all the nations of the earth will fear him. To the Director of music: A Psalm. A song.

Rebuke the wildlife that lives among the reeds, the nations that congregate like bulls and cows, humbling themselves with pieces of silver, for God scatters the nations that delight in battle.

May all kings bow down to him, and all nations serve him.

May his fame be eternal as long as the sun may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

God, you are the one performing awesome deeds. You reveal your might among the nations.

He drove out nations before them and allotted their tribal inheritance, settling the tribes of Israel in their tents.

God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem,

Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not acknowledge you, and over the kingdoms that do not call on your name.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let vengeance for the blood of your servants be meted out before our eyes and among the nations.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt, and drove out nations to transplant it.

Arise, God, to judge the earth, for all nations belong to you. A song. A Psalm of Asaph

All the nations that you have established will come and worship you, my Lord. They will honor your name.

The LORD will record, as he registers the nations, "This one was born there." Interlude

The one who disciplines nations can rebuke them, can he not? The one who teaches mankind can discern, can he not?

Declare his glory among the nations and his awesome deeds among all the nations!

For all the gods of the nations are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!

Declare among the nations, "The LORD reigns!" Indeed, he established the world so that it will not falter. He will judge people fairly.

The heavens declare his righteousness so that all the nations see his glory.

The LORD has made his deliverance known; he has disclosed his justice before the nations.

The LORD is great in Zion and is exalted above all nations.

Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth, your splendor.

He gave to them the land of nations; they inherited the labor of other people

to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands.

Instead, they mingled among the nations and learned their ways.

He turned them over to domination by nations where those who hated them ruled over them.

Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you.

I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD! I will sing praise to you among the nations.

He will execute judgment against the nations, filling graves with corpses. He will utterly destroy leaders far and wide.

The LORD is exalted high above all the nations; his glory beyond the heavens.

Why should the nations ask "Where now is their God?"

Praise the LORD, all you nations! Exalt him, all you nations!

All the nations surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will defeat them.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues formed joyful shouts. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

He struck down many nations, killing many kings

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.

he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues nations under me.

earthly kings and all nations, nobles and all court officials of the earth,

as they bring retribution to nations and punishment to nations,