92  ^fIt is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to your name, ^gO Most High;

2  to declare your ^hsteadfast love in ⁱthe morning,

and your ^hfaithfulness by ⁱnight,

3  to the music of ^jthe lute and ^jthe harp,

to the melody of ^jthe lyre.

4  For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your ^kwork;

at ^lthe works of your hands I sing for joy.

5  How ^mgreat are your works, O Lord!

Your ⁿthoughts are very ^odeep!

6  The stupid man cannot know;

the fool cannot understand this:

7  that though ^pthe wicked sprout like grass

and all ^qevildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

8  but you, O Lord, are ^ron high forever.

9  For behold, your enemies, O Lord,

for behold, your enemies shall perish;

all evildoers shall be ^sscattered.

10  But you have exalted my ^thorn like that of ^uthe wild ox;

you have ^vpoured over me¹ fresh oil.

11  My ^weyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12  ^xThe righteous flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13  They are planted in the house of the Lord;

they flourish in ^ythe courts of our God.

14  They still bear fruit in old age;

they are ever full of sap and green,

15  ^zto declare that the Lord is upright;

he is my ^arock, and there is ^bno unrighteousness in him.

93  ^cThe Lord reigns; he is ^drobed in majesty;

the Lord is ^erobed; he has ^fput on strength as his belt.

^gYes, the world is established; ^hit shall never be moved.

2  ⁱYour throne is established from of old;

^jyou are from everlasting.

3  ^kThe floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their roaring.

4  Mightier than the thunders of many waters,

mightier than the waves of the sea,

^lthe Lord ^mon high is mighty!

5  Your ⁿdecrees are very trustworthy;

^oholiness befits your house,

O Lord, forevermore.

94  O Lord, God of ^pvengeance,

O God of vengeance, ^qshine forth!

2  ^rRise up, O ^sjudge of the earth;

repay to the ^tproud what they deserve!

3  O Lord, ^uhow long shall the wicked,

how long shall ^vthe wicked exult?

4  They pour out their ^warrogant words;

all ^xthe evildoers boast.

5  They ^ycrush your people, O Lord,

and afflict your heritage.

6  They kill ^zthe widow and the sojourner,

and murder ^zthe fatherless;

7  ^aand they say, “The Lord does not see;

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

8  ^bUnderstand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

9  ^cHe who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

10  He who ^ddisciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who ^eteaches man knowledge—

11  ^fthe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are ^gbut a breath.¹

12  ^hBlessed is the man whom you ⁱdiscipline, O Lord,

and whom you teach out of your law,

13  to give him ^jrest from ^kdays of trouble,

until ^la pit is dug for the wicked.

14  ^mFor the Lord will not forsake his ⁿpeople;

he will not abandon his ⁿheritage;

15  for ^ojustice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will ^pfollow it.

16  ^qWho rises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

17  ^rIf the Lord had not been my help,

my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^ssilence.

18  When I thought, ^t“My foot slips,”

your steadfast love, O Lord, ^uheld me up.

19  When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

20  Can ^wwicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame² injustice by ^xstatute?

21  They ^yband together against the life of the righteous

and condemn ^zthe innocent to death.³

22  But the Lord has become my ^astronghold,

and my God ^bthe rock of my ^crefuge.

23  He will bring back on them ^dtheir iniquity

and ^ewipe them out for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will wipe them out.

95  Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;

let us ^fmake a joyful noise to ^gthe rock of our salvation!

2  Let us ^hcome into his presence with thanksgiving;

let us ^fmake a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

3  For the Lord is ⁱa great God,

and a great King ^jabove all gods.

4  In his hand are the depths of the earth;

the heights of the mountains are his also.

5  The sea is his, for ^khe made it,

and his hands formed ^kthe dry land.

6  Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us ^lkneel before the Lord, our ^mMaker!

7  For he is our ⁿGod,

and we are the people of his ^opasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

^pToday, if you ^qhear his voice,

8  ^rdo not harden your hearts, as at ^sMeribah,

as on the day at ^tMassah in the wilderness,

9  when your fathers put me to the ^utest

and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ^vwork.

10  ^wFor forty years I loathed that generation

and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,

and they have not known ^xmy ways.”

11  Therefore I ^yswore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter ^zmy rest.”

96  ^aOh sing to the Lord ^ba new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2  Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

^ctell of his salvation from day to day.

3  Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

4  For ^dgreat is the Lord, and ^egreatly to be praised;

he is to be feared above ^fall gods.

5  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,

but the Lord ^gmade the heavens.

6  Splendor and majesty are before him;

^hstrength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7  Ascribe to the Lord, O ⁱfamilies of the peoples,

^jascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8  Ascribe to the Lord ^kthe glory due his name;

bring ^lan offering, and ^mcome into his courts!

9  Worship the Lord in ⁿthe splendor of holiness;¹

^otremble before him, all the earth!

10  Say among the nations, ^p“The Lord reigns!

Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

he will ^qjudge the peoples with equity.”

11  Let ^rthe heavens be glad, and let ^sthe earth rejoice;

let ^tthe sea roar, and all that fills it;

12  let ^uthe field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all ^vthe trees of the forest sing for joy

13  before the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes ^wto judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.