Bible Verses About Nation

May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.

You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah

You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.

He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.

This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?