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¹Come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

²Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him.

³For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.

⁴He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.

⁵The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too.

⁶Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,

⁷for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!

⁸The LORD says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.

⁹For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did.

¹⁰For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’

¹¹So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”

¹Sing a new song to the LORD! Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!

²Sing to the LORD; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.

³Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.

⁴Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.

⁵The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the LORD made the heavens!

⁶Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.

⁷O nations of the world, recognize the LORD; recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.

⁸Give to the LORD the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his courts.

⁹Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him.

¹⁰Tell all the nations, “The LORD reigns!” The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. He will judge all peoples fairly.

¹¹Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!

¹²Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest sing for joy

¹³before the LORD, for he is coming! He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with his truth.

¹The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice! Let the farthest coastlands be glad.

²Dark clouds surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³Fire spreads ahead of him and burns up all his foes.

⁴His lightning flashes out across the world. The earth sees and trembles.

⁵The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶The heavens proclaim his righteousness; every nation sees his glory.

⁷Those who worship idols are disgraced — all who brag about their worthless gods — for every god must bow to him.

⁸Jerusalem has heard and rejoiced, and all the towns of Judah are glad because of your justice, O LORD!

⁹For you, O LORD, are supreme over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰You who love the LORD, hate evil! He protects the lives of his godly people and rescues them from the power of the wicked.

¹¹Light shines on the godly, and joy on those whose hearts are right.

¹²May all who are godly rejoice in the LORD and praise his holy name!

¹Sing a new song to the LORD, for he has done wonderful deeds. His right hand has won a mighty victory; his holy arm has shown his saving power!

²The LORD has announced his victory and has revealed his righteousness to every nation!

³He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel. The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

⁴Shout to the LORD, all the earth; break out in praise and sing for joy!

⁵Sing your praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song,

⁶with trumpets and the sound of the ram’s horn. Make a joyful symphony before the LORD, the King!

⁷Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise! Let the earth and all living things join in.

⁸Let the rivers clap their hands in glee! Let the hills sing out their songs of joy

⁹before the LORD, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with fairness.

¹The LORD is king! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth quake!

²The LORD sits in majesty in Jerusalem, exalted above all the nations.

³Let them praise your great and awesome name. Your name is holy!

⁴Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.

⁵Exalt the LORD our God! Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!

⁶Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also called on his name. They cried to the LORD for help, and he answered them.

⁷He spoke to Israel from the pillar of cloud, and they followed the laws and decrees he gave them.

⁸O LORD our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but you punished them when they went wrong.

⁹Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, for the LORD our God is holy!

¹Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth!

²Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.

³Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

⁴Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.

⁵For the LORD is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

¹I will sing of your love and justice, LORD. I will praise you with songs.

²I will be careful to live a blameless life — when will you come to help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.

³I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.

⁴I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil.

⁵I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.

⁶I will search for faithful people to be my companions. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.

⁷I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house, and liars will not stay in my presence.

⁸My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked and free the city of the LORD from their grip.

¹LORD, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!

²Don’t turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you.

³For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.

⁴My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.

⁵Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.

⁶I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.

⁷I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.

⁸My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.

⁹I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink

¹⁰because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.

¹¹My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.

¹²But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.

¹³You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem — and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.

¹⁴For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.

¹⁵Then the nations will tremble before the LORD. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.

¹⁶For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.

¹⁷He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.

¹⁸Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.

¹⁹Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heaven

²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.

²¹And so the LORD’s fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem,

²²when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.

²³He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days.

²⁴But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever, don’t take my life while I am so young!

²⁵Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.

²⁶They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them.

²⁷But you are always the same; you will live forever.

²⁸The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”

¹Let all that I am praise the LORD; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.

²Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me.

³He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.

⁴He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.

⁵He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

⁶The LORD gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly.

⁷He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel.

⁸The LORD is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

⁹He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.

¹⁰He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

¹¹For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

¹²He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

¹³The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

¹⁴For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.

¹⁵Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.

¹⁶The wind blows, and we are gone — as though we had never been here.

¹⁷But the love of the LORD remains forever with those who fear him. His salvation extends to the children’s children

¹⁸of those who are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey his commandments!

¹⁹The LORD has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything.

²⁰Praise the LORD, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.

²¹Yes, praise the LORD, you armies of angels who serve him and do his will!

²²Praise the LORD, everything he has created, everything in all his kingdom. Let all that I am praise the LORD.