5. He loves whatever is just and good;the unfailing love of the lord fills the earth.
6. The lord merely spoke,and the heavens were created.He breathed the word,and all the stars were born.
7. He assigned the sea its boundariesand locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
8. Let the whole world fear the lord,and let everyone stand in awe of him.
9. For when he spoke, the world began!It appeared at his command.
10. The lord frustrates the plans of the nationsand thwarts all their schemes.
11. But the lord’s plans stand firm forever;his intentions can never be shaken.
12. What joy for the nation whose God is the lord,whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.
13. The lord looks down from heavenand sees the whole human race.
14. From his throne he observesall who live on the earth.