So after thinking it over carefully, I accused the officials and nobles openly, "Every one of you is charging your fellow countrymen interest!" So I opened a public investigation against them.

I appointed my brother Hanani and fortress commander Hananiah to be over Jerusalem, since he was a faithful person who revered God more than many others did.

You were patient with them for many years, warning them by your Spirit through your prophets. But they would not listen, so you turned them over to the control of people in other lands.

But now its abundant produce belongs to the kings whom you placed over us because of our sin. They also have power over our bodies and our herds at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Also at that time men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, so those portions required by the Law could be gathered from the fields adjacent to the towns to benefit the priests and descendants of Levi, for the people of Judah rejoiced over the priests and the descendants of Levi who were serving.

I appointed over the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the descendants of Levi; and next to them Zaccur's son Hanan, the grandson of Mattaniah, because they had been considered faithful. Their duties were to distribute to their associates.

Didn't Solomon, king of Israel, sin by doing these things, even though among many nations there was no king like him who was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel? Even so, foreign women caused him to sin.

This is a record of what happened during the reign of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

When those days were over, the king held a seven-day banquet in the courtyard of the garden of his palace for all the people who were present in Susa the capital, from the greatest to the least important.

The king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and all that Haman commanded was written to the regional authorities of the king, to the governors who were over each province, and to the officials of each people. This order was translated in the name of King Ahasuerus into the language of each province and bore the seal of the king's signet ring.

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the king's order and edict was about to be carried out, on the day when the enemies of the Jewish people expected to prevail over them, things were turned around so that the Jewish people themselves prevailed over those who hated them.

All the provincial officials, the regional authorities, the governors, and those doing the king's work supported the Jewish people because the fear of Mordecai had come over them.

The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."

The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan told the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."

Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.

My transgressions would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sins.

God has delivered me over to the ungodly, throwing me into the control of the wicked.

Attack follows attack as he breaks through my defenses! He runs over me like a mighty warrior.

"My spirit is crushed, my days are over; it's the grave for me!

The upright are appalled over this, and the innocent person is troubled by the godless.

"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.

If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me, and make my problems the basis of your case against me,

He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.

He has enclosed the face of the full moon and spread his clouds over it.

He has delimited a boundary over the surface of the oceans as a limit between light and darkness.

but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."

The proud beasts haven't walked there; lions have never passed over it.

"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,

when his lamp used to shine over my head, so I could walk through the dark,

My skin turns black all over me; and my bones seem burned from the heat.

Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork.

"If he remains silent, who will condemn him? If he conceals his face, who can see him? He watches over both nation and individual alike,

Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it?

Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth?

He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride."

You gave him dominion over the work of your hands, you put all things under his feet:

those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?"

The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.

With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls.

Preserve your servant from arrogant people; do not let them rule over me. Then I will be upright and acquitted of great wickedness.

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

I trust in you, my God, do not let me be ashamed; do not let my enemies triumph over me.

Do not hand me over to the desires of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me; even the one who breathes out violence.

The voice of the LORD was heard above the waters; the God of glory thundered; the LORD was heard over many waters.

The LORD sat enthroned over the flood, and the LORD sits as king forever.

I exalt you, LORD, for you have lifted me up, and my enemies could not gloat over me.

Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me, nor let those who hate me without justification mock me with their eyes.

Judge me according to your righteousness, LORD my God! But do not let them gloat over me.

Instead, let those who gloat over the evil directed against me be ashamed and confounded together; Let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.

My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.

I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.

For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."

I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."

The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land; and he will not be handed over to the desires of his enemies.

In this way I will know that you are pleased with me, and that my enemies will not shout in triumph over me.

Deep waters call out to what is deeper still; at the roar of your waterfalls all your breakers and your waves swirled over me.

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

He causes wars to cease all over the earth, he causes the bow to break, the spear to snap, the chariots to ignite and burn.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

Indeed, God is king over all the earth; sing a song of praise.

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

Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.

Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard my voice.

Go ahead and destroy them in anger! Wipe them out, and they will know to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Interlude

Moab is my wash basin; over Edom I will throw my shoes; over Philistia I will celebrate my triumph."

May they be given over to the power of the sword; may they become carrion for jackals.

They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.

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

You caused men to ride over us. You brought us through fire and water, but you led us to abundance.

Ascribe power to God, whose glory is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.

Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.

Don't hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones.

He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence.

He delivered his people over to the sword and was angry with his possession.

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

You must neither have a foreign god over you or worship a strange god.

Then they will know that you alone whose name is LORD are the Most High over all the earth. To the Director: On the Gittith. A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.

You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them.

You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.

I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers.

With their hands they will lift you up so you will not trip over a stone.

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

For when he looked down from his holy heights the LORD looked over the earth from heaven

The LORD has established his throne in heaven and his kingdom rules over all.

He made him the master over his household, the manager of all his possessions

The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, closing over Abiram's clan.

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

May you be exalted above the heavens, God, and your glory be over all the earth.

Moab is my washbasin; I will fling my shoe on Edom and shout over Philistia."

Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.

May his days be few; may another take over his position.

His heart is steadfast, he will not fear. In the end he will look in triumph over his enemy.

the LORD watches over the innocent; I was brought low, and he delivered me.

With the LORD beside me as my helper, I will triumph over those who hate me.

The LORD will discipline me severely, but he won't hand me over to die.

Direct my footsteps by your promise, and do not let any kind of iniquity rule over me.

Then the flood waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have flooded over us;

Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."