'People' in the Bible

I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me.

Of Jehovah is this salvation; On Thy people is Thy blessing! Selah.

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

And I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.

They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!

O the happiness of the nation whose God is Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.

Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.

Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God am I.

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.

Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God is a refuge for us. Selah.

O God, in Thy going forth before Thy people, In Thy stepping through the wilderness, Selah.

Fearful, O God, out of Thy sanctuaries, The God of Israel Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed is God!

He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

Thou hast redeemed with strength Thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

Thou hast led as a flock Thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron!

An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also -- bread is He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise!

Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.

I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.

O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

For He is our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,

Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, 'A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:'

Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Know that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.

This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.

And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.

And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.

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

And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones.

Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.

Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, 'Amen, praise Jah!'

And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him.

Thy people are free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

The power of His works He hath declared to His people, To give to them the inheritance of nations.

Redemption He hath sent to His people, He hath appointed to the age His covenant, Holy and fearful is His name.

To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.

In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people,

My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people.

My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people,

Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, And Jehovah is round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.

And He gave their land an inheritance, An inheritance to Israel His people,

For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants comforteth Himself.

To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age is His kindness.

My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!

O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God is Jehovah!

And He exalteth the horn of His people, The praise of all His saints, Of the sons of Israel, a people near Him. Praise ye Jah!

For Jehovah is pleased with His people, He beautifieth the humble with salvation.