'Nations' in the Bible

Why do the nations rebeland the peoples plot in vain?

Ask of Me,and I will make the nations Your inheritanceand the ends of the earth Your possession.

You have rebuked the nations:You have destroyed the wicked;You have erased their name forever and ever.

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations that forget God.

Rise up, Lord! Do not let man prevail;let the nations be judged in Your presence.

Put terror in them, Lord;let the nations know they are only men.Selah

The Lord is King forever and ever;the nations will perish from His land.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people;You have appointed me the head of nations;a people I had not known serve me.

Therefore I will praise You, Yahweh, among the nations;I will sing about Your name.

All the ends of the earth will rememberand turn to the Lord.All the families of the nationswill bow down before You,

for kingship belongs to the Lord;He rules over the nations.

The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

to plant them,You drove out the nations with Your hand;to settle them,You crushed the peoples.

You hand us over to be eaten like sheepand scatter us among the nations.

You make us a joke among the nations,a laughingstock among the peoples.

Nations rage, kingdoms topple;the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

“Stop your fighting—and know that I am God,exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”

He subdues peoples under usand nations under our feet.

God reigns over the nations;God is seated on His holy throne.

Will they escape in spite of such sin?God, bring down the nations in wrath.

I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;I will sing praises to You among the nations.

Lord God of Hosts, You are the God of Israel,rise up to punish all the nations;do not show grace to any wicked traitors.Selah

But You laugh at them, Lord;You ridicule all the nations.

You silence the roar of the seas,the roar of their waves,and the tumult of the nations.

He rules forever by His might;He keeps His eye on the nations.The rebellious should not exalt themselves.Selah

so that Your way may be known on earth,Your salvation among all nations.

Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,for You judge the peoples with fairnessand lead the nations on earth.Selah

Let all kings bow down to him,all nations serve him.

May his name endure forever;as long as the sun shines,may his fame increase.May all nations be blessed by himand call him blessed.

He drove out nations before them.He apportioned their inheritance by lotand settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

A psalm of Asaph.God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,desecrated Your holy temple,and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

Pour out Your wrath on the nationsthat don’t acknowledge You,on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,

Why should the nations ask,“Where is their God?”Before our eyes,let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servantsbe known among the nations.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt;You drove out the nations and planted it.

Rise up, God, judge the earth,for all the nations belong to You.

All the nations You have madewill come and bow down before You, Lord,and will honor Your name.

The One who instructs nations,the One who teaches man knowledge—does He not discipline?

Declare His glory among the nations,His wonderful works among all peoples.

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.He judges the peoples fairly.”

The Lord has made His victory known;He has revealed His righteousnessin the sight of the nations.

Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh,and all the kings of the earth Your glory,

He gave them the lands of the nations,and they inheritedwhat other peoples had worked for.

and would disperse their descendantsamong the nations,scattering them throughout the lands.

but mingled with the nationsand adopted their ways.

He handed them over to the nations;those who hated them ruled them.

Save us, Yahweh our God,and gather us from the nations,so that we may give thanks to Your holy nameand rejoice in Your praise.

I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;I will sing praises to You among the nations.

He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;He will crush leaders over the entire world.

He has shown His people the power of His worksby giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Yahweh is exalted above all the nations,His glory above the heavens.

Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”

Praise the Lord, all nations!Glorify Him, all peoples!

All the nations surrounded me;in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

Our mouths were filled with laughter then,and our tongues with shouts of joy.Then they said among the nations,“The Lord has done great things for them.”

He struck down many nationsand slaughtered mighty kings:

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,made by human hands.

inflicting vengeance on the nationsand punishment on the peoples,