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Psalms 95-103

Psalms 95

1O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

2Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

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

4In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.

5The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which his hands have formed.

6O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!

7For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice!

8Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

9when your ancestors tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

10For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.”

11Therefore in my anger I swore, “They shall not enter my rest.”

Psalms 96

1O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

2Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be revered above all gods.

5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

6Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts.

9Worship the LORD in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth.

10Say among the nations, “The LORD is king! The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.”

11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

12let the field exult, and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy

13before the LORD; for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

Psalms 97

1The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!

2Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3Fire goes before him, and consumes his adversaries on every side.

4His lightnings light up 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; and all the peoples behold his glory.

7All worshipers of images are put to shame, those who make their boast in worthless idols; all gods bow down before him.

8Zion hears and is glad, and the towns of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments, O God.

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

10The LORD loves those who hate evil; he guards the lives of his faithful; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

11Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

12Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

Psalms 98

1O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.

2The LORD has made known his victory; he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.

3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.

5Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.

6With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.

7Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it.

8Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy

9at the presence of the LORD, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Psalms 99

1The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

2The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.

3Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is he!

4Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

5Extol the LORD our God; worship at his footstool. Holy is he!

6Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the LORD, and he answered them.

7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his decrees, and the statutes that he gave them.

8O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

9Extol the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy.

Psalms 100

1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

2Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.

3Know that the LORD is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name.

5For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalms 101

1I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing.

2I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;

3I will not set before my eyes anything that is base. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

4Perverseness of heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.

5One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

6I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, so that they may live with me; whoever walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.

7No one who practices deceit shall remain in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue in my presence.

8Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all evildoers from the city of the LORD.

Psalms 102

1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you.

2Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call.

3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.

4My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.

5Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my skin.

6I am like an owl of the wilderness, like a little owl of the waste places.

7I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.

8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.

9For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle tears with my drink,

10because of your indignation and anger; for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.

11My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

12But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; your name endures to all generations.

13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to favor it; the appointed time has come.

14For your servants hold its stones dear, and have pity on its dust.

15The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.

16For the LORD will build up Zion; he will appear in his glory.

17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.

18Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD:

19that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,

20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;

21so that the name of the LORD may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

22when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.

23He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.

24“O my God,” I say, “do not take me away at the midpoint of my life, you whose years endure throughout all generations.”

25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

26They will perish, but you endure; they will all wear out like a garment. You change them like clothing, and they pass away;

27but you are the same, and your years have no end.

28The children of your servants shall live secure; their offspring shall be established in your presence.

Psalms 103

1Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits —

3who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

4who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.

7He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.

8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9He will not always accuse, nor will he keep his anger forever.

10He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay 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 far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions 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 were made; he remembers that we are dust.

15As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field;

16for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.

17But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,

18to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

20Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, obedient to his spoken word.

21Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will.

22Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul.