Psalms 10:16
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The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
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The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and style are certainly different. In this psalm, I. David complains of the wickedness of the wicked, describes the dreadful pitch of impiety at which they had arrived (to the great dishonour of God and the prejudice of his church and people), and notices the delay of God's appearing against them (Psa 10:1-11). II. He prays to God to appear against them for the relief of his people and comforts himself with hopes that he would do so in due time (Psa 10:12-18).
Open source ↗10:16 As the true and just king, God will bring the wicked to an end, as he promises (1:6).
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The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.