'People' in the Bible

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it. A Psalm by David.

Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever. A Psalm by David.

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace. A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.

The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted! A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:

"Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on God?

Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?"

Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.

You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God! For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.

For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people.

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. A contemplation by Asaph.

Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"

But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.

from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalm by Asaph.

Yahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

Won't you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.

Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

For Yahweh won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name. A Psalm.

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.

Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah! BOOK V

Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!

that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.

I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.

and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.

For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants.

To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:

my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. A praise psalm by David.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was -- yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."

Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

In that day he will cry out, saying, "I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people."

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.

Therefore Yahweh's anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"

He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'