Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
The Lord permits judgments to fall upon peoples so that the nations are brought to recognize their own limits. The prayer that they be put in fear is answered in events that strip away pride and expose human weakness. By this discipline they learn that they are but mortal men and cease to exalt themselves as more than human.
The Lord permits judgments to fall upon peoples so that the nations are brought to recognize their own limits. The prayer that they be put in fear is answered in events that strip away pride and expose human weakness. By this discipline they learn that they are but mortal men and cease to exalt themselves as more than human.