'Nations' in the Bible

Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.

You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.

I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.

You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)

Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants.

May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.

You are the God who does works of power: you have made your strength clear to the nations.

Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place.

O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.

You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.

For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.

And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;

That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.

But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.

And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations.

The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.

All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to death;

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;