Quotes About Authority

Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?

Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.

Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!

He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

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

You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

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

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.