“When God reigns, the nations will tremble.” (Tehilim, 99:1) At times, when God’s will is to reveal the glory of His sovereignty and bring salvation to Israel, since He is their King and they are His people, then the nations feel this and are filled with trembling and anguish because of Israel, spurring them to make decrees against them.
ה' מָלָךְ יִרְגְּזוּ עַמִּים. הַיְינוּ כְּשֶׁרְצוֹן הַש"י לְגַלּוֹת כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא מַלְכָּם וְהֵם עַמּוֹ, אָז הָאוּמּוֹת מַרְגִּישִׁים וּמִתְמַלְּאִים רָגְזָה וְחַלְחָלָה עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹזְרִין עֲלֵיהֶם גְּזֵירוֹת.
“When God reigns, the nations will tremble.” (Tehilim, 99:1)
At times, when God’s will is to reveal the glory of His sovereignty and bring salvation to Israel, since He is their King and they are His people, then the nations feel this and are filled with trembling and anguish because of Israel, spurring them to make decrees against them.