'Land' in the Bible

Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

His soul in good doth remain, And his seed doth possess the land.

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.

From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.

Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.

Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.

I am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned to the captivity of Jacob.

Only, near to those fearing Him is His salvation, That honour may dwell in our land.

Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase.

Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

Saying, 'To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'

And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.

And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.

They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

Teemed hath their land with frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.

He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire is in their land.

And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.

And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,

Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.

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

And He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age is His kindness.

How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.

I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou art my God -- Thy Spirit is good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.