Quotes About Power

He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.

Godís anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.

He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.

before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.

Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.

For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.