אֶ֫רֶץ

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!

All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah

…that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah

The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

…the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord—Selah

Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still

…when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.

May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.