their own wickedness;
the LORD our God will annihilate them.
95 Come, let us sing joyously to the LORD,
raise a shout for our rock and deliverer;
2let us come into His presence with praise;
let us raise a shout for Him in song!
3For the LORD is a great God,
the great king of all divine beings.
4In His hand are the depths of the earth;
the peaks of the mountains are His.
5His is the sea, He made it;
and the land, which His hands fashioned.
6Come, let us bow down and kneel,
bend the knee before the LORD our maker,
7for He is our God,
and we are the people He tends, the flock in His care.
O, if you would but heed His charge this day:
8Do not be stubborn as at Meribah,
as on the day of Massah, in the wilderness,
9when your fathers put Me to the test,
tried Me, though they had seen My deeds.
10Forty years I was provoked by that generation;
I thought, “They are a senseless people;
they would not know My ways.”
11Concerning them I swore in anger,
“They shall never come to My resting-place!”
96 aSing to the LORD a new song,
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2Sing to the LORD, bless His name,
proclaim His victory day after day.
3Tell of His glory among the nations,
His wondrous deeds, among all peoples.
4For the LORD is great and much acclaimed,
He is held in awe by all divine beings.
5All the gods of the peoples are mere idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.
6Glory and majesty are before Him;
strength and splendor are in His temple.
7Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8Ascribe to the LORD the glory of His name,
bring tribute and enter His courts.
9Bow down to the LORD majestic in holiness;
tremble in His presence, all the earth!
10Declare among the nations, “The LORD is king!”
the world stands firm; it cannot be shaken;
He judges the peoples with equity.
11Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult;
let the sea and all within it thunder,
12the fields and everything in them exult;
then shall all the trees of the forest shout for joy
13at the presence of the LORD, for He is coming,
for He is coming to rule the earth;
He will rule the world justly,
and its peoples in faithfulness.
97 The LORD is king!
Let the earth exult,
the many islands rejoice!
2Dense clouds are around Him,
righteousness and justice are the base of His throne.
3Fire is His vanguard,
burning His foes on every side.
4His lightnings light up the world;
the earth is convulsed at the sight;
5mountains melt like wax at the LORD’s presence,
at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
6The heavens proclaim His righteousness
and all peoples see His glory.
7All who worship images,
who vaunt their idols,
are dismayed;
all divine beings bow down to Him.
8Zion, hearing it, rejoices,
the townsa of Judah exult,
because of Your judgments, O LORD.
9For You, LORD, are supreme over all the earth;
You are exalted high above all divine beings.
10O you who love the LORD, hate evil!
He guards the lives of His loyal ones,
saving them from the hand of the wicked.
11Light is sown for the righteous,
radianceb for the upright.
12O you righteous, rejoice in the LORD
and acclaim His holy name!
98 A psalm.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for He has worked wonders;
His right hand, His holy arm,
has won Him victory.
2The LORD has manifested His victory,
has displayed His triumph in the sight of the nations.
3He was mindful of His steadfast love and faithfulness
toward the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth beheld the victory of our God.
4Raise a shout to the LORD, all the earth,
break into joyous songs of praise!
5Sing praise to the LORD with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.
6With trumpets and the blast of the horn
raise a shout before the LORD, the king.
7Let the sea and all within it thunder,
the world and its inhabitants;
8let the rivers clap their hands,
the mountains sing joyously together
9at the presence of the LORD,
for He is coming to rule the earth;
He will rule the world justly,
and its peoples with equity.
99 a-The LORD, enthroned on cherubim, is king,
peoples tremble, the earth quakes.-a
2The LORD is great in Zion,
and exalted above all peoples.
3They praise Your name as great and awesome;
He is holy!
4b-Mighty king-b who loves justice,
it was You who established equity,
You who worked righteous judgment in Jacob.
5Exalt the LORD our God
and bow down to His footstool;
He is holy!
6Moses and Aaron among His priests,
Samuel, among those who call on His name—
when they called to the LORD,
He answered them.
7He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;
they obeyed His decrees,
the law He gave them.
😯 LORD our God, You answered them;
You were a forgiving God for them,
but You exacted retribution for their misdeeds.
9Exalt the LORD our God,
and bow toward His holy hill,
for the LORD our God is holy.
100 A psalm a-for praise.-a
Raise a shout for the LORD, all the earth;
2worship the LORD in gladness;
come into His presence with shouts of joy.
3Acknowledge that the LORD is God;
He made us and b-we are His,-b
His people, the flock He tends.
4Enter His gates with praise,
His courts with acclamation.
Praise Him!
Bless His name!
5For the LORD is good;
His steadfast love is eternal;
His faithfulness is for all generations.
101Of David. A psalm.
I will sing of faithfulness and justice;
I will chant a hymn to You, O LORD.
2I will study the way of the blameless;
when shall I attain it?
I will live without blame within my house.
3I will not set before my eyes anything base;
I hate crooked dealing;
I will have none of it.
4Perverse thoughts will be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.
5He who slanders his friend in secret I will destroy;
I cannot endure the haughty and proud man.
6My eyes are on the trusty men of the land,
to have them at my side.
He who follows the way of the blameless
shall be in my service.
7He who deals deceitfully
shall not live in my house;
he who speaks untruth
shall not stand before my eyes.
8Each morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
to rid the city of the LORD
of all evildoers.
102 A prayer of the lowly man when he is faint and pours forth his plea before the LORD.
2O LORD, hear my prayer;
let my cry come before You.
3Do not hide Your face from me
in my time of trouble;
turn Your ear to me;
when I cry, answer me speedily.
4For my days have vanished like smoke
and my bones are charred like a hearth.
5My body is stricken and withered like grass;
a-too wasted-a to eat my food;
6on account of my vehement groaning
my bones b-show through my skin.-b
7I am like a great owl in the wilderness,
an owl among the ruins.
8I lie awake; I am like
a lone bird upon a roof.
9All day long my enemies revile me;
my deriders use my name to curse.
10For I have eaten ashes like bread
and mixed my drink with tears,
11because of Your wrath and Your fury;
for You have cast me far away.
12My days are like a lengthening shadow;
I wither like grass.
13But You, O LORD, are enthroned forever;
Your fame endures throughout the ages.
14You will surely arise and take pity on Zion,
for it is time to be gracious to her;
the appointed time has come.
15Your servants take delight in its stones,
and cherish its dust.
16The nations will fear the name of the LORD,
all the kings of the earth, Your glory.
17For the LORD has built Zion;
He has appeared in all His glory.
18He has turned to the prayer c-of the destitute-c
and has not spurned their prayer.
19May this be written down for a coming generation,
that people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
20For He looks down from His holy height;
the LORD beholds the earth from heaven
21to hear the groans of the prisoner,
to release those condemned to death;
22that the fame of the LORD may be recounted in Zion,
His praises in Jerusalem,
23when the nations gather together,
the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
24He drained my strength in mid-course,
He shortened my days.
25I say, “O my God, do not take me away
in the midst of my days,
You whose years go on for generations on end.
26Of old You established the earth;
the heavens are the work of Your hands.
27They shall perish, but You shall endure;
they shall all wear out like a garment;
You change them like clothing and they pass away.
28But You are the same, and Your years never end.
29May the children of Your servants dwell securely
and their offspring endure in Your presence.”
103 Of David.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
all my being, His holy name.
2Bless the LORD, O my soul
and do not forget all His bounties.
3He forgives all your sins,
heals all your diseases.
4He redeems your life from the Pit,
surrounds you with steadfast love and mercy.
5He satisfies you with good things in a-the prime of life,-a
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6The LORD executes righteous acts
and judgments for all who are wronged.
7He made known His ways to Moses,
His deeds to the children of Israel.
8The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love.
9He will not contend forever,
or nurse His anger for all time.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
nor has He requited us according to our iniquities.
11For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.
12As east is far from west,
so far has He removed our sins from us.
13As a father has compassion for his children,
so the LORD has compassion for those who fear Him.
14For He knows how we are formed;
He is mindful that we are dust.
15Man, his days are like those of grass;
he blooms like a flower of the field;
16a wind passes by and it is no more,
its own place no longer knows it.
17But the LORD’s steadfast love is for all eternity
toward those who fear Him,
and His beneficence is for the children’s children
18of those who keep His covenant
and remember to observe His precepts.
19The LORD has established His throne in heaven,
and His sovereign rule is over all.
20Bless the LORD, O His angels,
mighty creatures who do His bidding,
ever obedient to His bidding;
21bless the LORD,