Quotes About Authority

For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the kingís foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

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

He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

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

He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

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

May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.í”

For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

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

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

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

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

I have said, ëYou are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.í

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