Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah)

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice -- yours alone.

Then I said, "I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O Lord.

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king --

Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the Lord sits enthroned in majesty.

A psalm. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!

Who can adequately recount the Lord's mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?

Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea.

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations.

that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

(He) Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, so that I might observe it continually.

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.

Revive me with your loyal love, that I might keep the rules you have revealed.

I stay away from the evil path, so that I might keep your instructions.

Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,

and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.

He defeated many nations, and killed mighty kings --

One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!

so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him for his surpassing greatness!

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.

So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.

Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.

Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.

Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people -- for they stand in fear before him.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud -- they will be humiliated;

for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;

the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,

Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."

So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River -- the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For he says: "By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.

A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.

At that time you will say: "Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!

On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!

When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!

Look, the sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.

The Lord will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.

Predict how future events will turn out, so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe.

I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.

the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:

the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me."

So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant -- he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord's sight, for my God is my source of strength --

He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations -- to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.

Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did.

All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.

"This is what the Lord says: 'Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

The Lord said to the people of Judah, "The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: 'You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!

I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing.

The Lord gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

The Lord said, "So I will now let this wicked people know -- I will let them know my mighty power in judgment. Then they will know that my name is the Lord."

In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength!

The Lord who rules over all says, 'Disaster will soon come on one nation after another. A mighty storm of military destruction is rising up from the distant parts of the earth.'

"I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.

Oh, Lord God, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!

You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.

You used your mighty power and your great strength to perform miracles and amazing deeds and to bring great terror on the Egyptians. By this means you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me."

They were afraid of what the Babylonians might do because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the country.

How can you men of Moab say, 'We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?'

Moab's might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. I, the Lord, affirm it!

The Lord who rules over all said, "I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might.

For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed.

"Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

(Samek) He rounded up all my mighty ones; The Lord did this in my midst. He summoned an assembly against me to shatter my young men. The Lord has stomped like grapes the virgin daughter, Judah.

(Mem) With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

They will sing this lament over you: "'How you have perished -- you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!