'Nations' in the Bible

Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.

Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:

For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.

Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.

Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Lord; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:

Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.

Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.

His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all the nations.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.

He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge?

Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all the peoples.

Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

Jehovah hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.

And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;

And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

Save us, Jehovah our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Jehovah; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:

He shall judge among the nations; he shall fill all places with dead bodies; he shall smite through the head over a great country.

He hath shewn his people the power of his works, to give them the heritage of the nations.

Jehovah is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where then is their God?

Praise Jehovah, all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples;

All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings,

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:

To execute vengeance against the nations, and punishment among the peoples;