Psalm 95; Psalms 97–99

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Psalm 95

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

1  Oh come, let us psing to the Lord;

let us qmake a joyful noise to the rrock of our salvation!

2  Let us come into his presence swith thanksgiving;

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

3  For tthe Lord is a great God,

and a great uKing vabove 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 whe made it,

and his hands formed the dry land.

6  Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

7  For he is our God,

and we are the people of his pasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

xToday, if you hear his voice,

8  do not harden your hearts, yas at Meribah,

as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

9  when your fathers zput me to the test

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

10  For forty years I loathed that generation

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

and they have not known my ways.”

11  aTherefore I bswore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter my rest.”


Psalms 97–99

The Lord Reigns

1  The Lord ureigns, vlet the earth rejoice;

let the many coastlands be glad!

2  wClouds and thick darkness are all around him;

xrighteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3  yFire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around.

4  His zlightnings light up the world;

the earth sees and trembles.

5  The amountains melt like wax before the Lord,

before the bLord of all the earth.

6  The cheavens proclaim his righteousness,

and dall the peoples see his glory.

7  All worshipers of images are eput to shame,

who make their boast in worthless idols;

fworship him, all you gods!

8  Zion hears and is gglad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

9  For you, O Lord, are hmost high over all the earth;

you are exalted far iabove all gods.

10  O you who love the Lord, jhate evil!

He kpreserves the lives of his saints;

he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11  Light is sown1 for the righteous,

and joy for the upright in heart.

12  Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,

and lgive thanks to his holy name!

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

1  Oh msing to the Lord a new song,

for he has done marvelous things!

His right hand and his holy arm

have worked salvation for him.

2  The Lord has nmade known his salvation;

he has orevealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

3  He has premembered his steadfast love and faithfulness

to the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have qseen

the salvation of our God.

4  rMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;

sbreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!

5  Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,

with the lyre and the sound of melody!

6  tWith trumpets and the sound of the horn

make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

7  uLet the sea roar, and all that fills it;

vthe world and those who dwell in it!

8  Let the rivers clap their hands;

let the hills wsing for joy together

9  xbefore the Lord, for he comes

to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,

and the peoples with equity.

The Lord Our God Is Holy

1  The Lord yreigns; let the peoples tremble!

He sits zenthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

2  The Lord is great in Zion;

he is exalted aover all the peoples.

3  Let them praise your great and awesome name!

bHoly is he!

4  The King in his might loves justice.2

You have established equity;

you have executed cjustice

and righteousness in Jacob.

5  Exalt the Lord our God;

dworship at his footstool!

Holy is he!

6  eMoses and Aaron were among his priests,

fSamuel also was among those who gcalled upon his name.

hThey called to the Lord, and he answered them.

7  iIn the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;

they kept his testimonies

and the statute that he gave them.

8  O Lord our God, you answered them;

you were a forgiving God to them,

but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

9  Exalt the Lord our God,

and worship at his holy mountain;

for the Lord our God is holy!