[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Maybe things are so bad in this world that we may long for the peace, righteousness and judgment of YHWH that much more…[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Proverbs 29:2, “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; But when a wrong one rules, the people sigh.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalms 71:19-20, “For Your righteousness, O Mighty One, is very high, You who have done great deeds. O Mighty One, who is like You? You who have shown me great distresses, Revive me again and bring me up again From the depths of the earth.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalms 92:4-9, “For You have made me rejoice with Your work, O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], I shout for joy at the works of Your hands. O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep! A senseless man does not know, And a fool does not understand this. When the wrong spring up like grass, And all the workers of wickedness blossom, It is for them to be destroyed forever. But You, [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], are on high forever. For look, Your enemies, O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], For look, Your enemies do perish; All the workers of wickedness are scattered.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalms 57:9-10, “I praise You among the peoples, O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]; I sing to You among the nations. For Your loving-commitment is great up to the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalms 77:11-14, “I remember the deeds of Yah, For I remember Your wonders of old. And I shall meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds. Your way, O the Mighty One, is in Set-apartness; Who is a great Strength like the Mighty One? You are the Strength who does wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalms 89:8, “O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Strength of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O Yah? And Your trustworthiness is all around You.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalm 7:6-9, “Arise, O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], in Your displeasure; Lift Yourself up against the rage of my adversaries, And awake for me! You shall command judgment! And let the congregation of the peoples gather about You; And over them return on high. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]judges the peoples; Judge me, O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me. Please let the evil of the wrong be ended, And establish the righteous; For the righteous Strength is a trier of hearts and kidneys.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalm 2:1-12, “Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate emptiness? (Mat 4:25-26 See also Dan 2:44, Dan 7:13-28, Hag 2:22, Zec 14:9 Rev 11:15) The sovereigns of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]and against His Messiah, and say, Let us tear apart Their bonds, And throw away Their ropes from us. He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]mocks at them. Then He speaks to them in His wrath, And troubles them in His rage, saying, But I, I have set My Sovereign on Tsiyon, My set-apart mountain. I inscribe for a law: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have brought You forth. Ask of Me, and I make the nations Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth Your possession. Break them with a rod of iron, Dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ And now, be wise, O sovereigns; Be instructed, you rulers of the earth. Serve [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Chosen, lest He be enraged, And you perish in the way, For soon His wrath is to be kindled. Blessed are all those taking refuge in Him.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Jeremiah 18:1-12, “The word which came to Yirmeyahu from [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], saying, I went down to the potter’s house, and saw him doing a piece of work on the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was ruined in the hand of the potter, so he remade it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do. Then the word of [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]came to me, saying, O house of Yisra’ĕl, am I not able to do with you as this potter?” declares [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]. “Look, as the clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand, O house of Yisra’yl! The moment I speak concerning a nation and concerning a reign, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, and that nation shall turn from its evil because I have spoken against it, then I shall repent of the evil that I thought to do to it. And the moment I speak concerning a nation and concerning a reign, to build and to plant it, and it shall do evil in My eyes in not obeying My voice, then I shall repent concerning the good with which I spoke of doing to it. And now, speak to the men of Yehuḏah and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Thus said [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], “See, I am forming evil and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your deeds good. But they shall say, “It is no use! For we walk according to our own plans, and we do each one the stubbornness of his evil heart.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 45:5-13, “I am [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], and there is none else – there is no Strength besides Me. I gird you, though you have not known Me, so that they know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is none but Me. I am [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], and there is none else, forming light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil. I, [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], do all these.’ Rain down, O heavens, from above, and let clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, let them bring forth deliverance, and let righteousness spring up together. I, [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], have created it. Woe to him who strives with his Maker! (a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth). Does clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you bringing forth?’ Or to the woman, ‘What are you labouring over?’ Thus said [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], the Set-apart One of Yisra’yl, and his Maker, “Do you ask Me about My sons what is to come? And about the work of My hands do you command Me? I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, My hands have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded. I have stirred him up in righteousness, and all his ways I make straight. He builds My city and lets My exiles go, not for price nor reward,” declares [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]of hosts."[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalm 62:1-12, “My being finds rest in the Mighty One alone; From Him is my deliverance. He alone is my rock and my deliverance, my strong tower; I am not greatly shaken. How long would you shout at a man? – Murder! – Like a leaning wall, a tottering fence. They plotted to topple him from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But in their heart they curse. Selah. My being, find rest in the Mighty One alone, Because my expectation is from Him. He alone is my rock and my deliverance, my strong tower; I am not shaken. My deliverance and my esteem depend on the Mighty One; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in the Mighty One. Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; the Mighty One is a refuge for us. Selah. Sons of Aḏam are but a breath, Sons of men are a lie; If weighed in the scales, They are altogether lighter than breath. Do not trust in oppression. And do not become vain in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them. the Mighty One has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That strength belongs to the Mighty One. And loving-commitment is Yours, O [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]; For You reward each one according to his work.”[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalm 63:1-11, “O Mighty One, You are my Strength; I earnestly seek You; My being has thirsted for You; My flesh has longed for You In a dry and thirsty land without water. Therefore I have had a vision of You In the set-apart place, To see Your power and Your esteem. Because Your loving-commitment is better than life, My lips do praise You. Therefore I bless You while I live; In Your Name I lift up my hands. My being is satisfied as with marrow and fat, And my mouth praises You with singing lips. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing. My being has closely followed You; Your right hand did uphold me. But those who seek to destroy my life, Go into the lower parts of the earth. They are handed over To the power of the sword; They become a portion for jackals. But let the sovereign rejoice in the Mighty One; Let everyone who swears by Him exult; For the mouth of those speaking lies is stopped."[/FONT]