גּוֹי גּוֹי

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.