Psalm 95

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

95:1 Oh 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 his hands formed the dry land.

⁶Oh 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. Today, if you hear his voice, ⁸ do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, ⁹when your fathers put me to the test 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 who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” ¹¹Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter my rest.”

Psalm 96

Worship in the Splendor of Holiness

96:1 Oh 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 feared above all gods. ⁵For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. ⁶Splendor 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 the splendor of holiness;[1] tremble before him, all the earth!

¹⁰Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is 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; ¹² let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy ¹³ before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

[1] Or in holy attire

Psalm 97

The Lord Reigns

97:1 The Lord reigns, 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 burns up his adversaries all around. 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 see his glory. ⁷All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!

⁸Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments, O Lord. ⁹For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked. ¹¹Light is sown[2] for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. ¹²Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

[2] Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns

Psalm 98

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

98:1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. ²The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness 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 salvation 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 dwell in it! ⁸Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together ⁹before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 99

The Lord Our God Is Holy

99:1 The Lord reigns; 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! ⁴The King in his might loves justice.[3] You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. ⁵Exalt 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 upon his name. They called to the Lord, and he answered them. ⁷In the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them; they kept his testimonies and the statute that he gave them.

⁸O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings. ⁹Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!

[3] Or The might of the King loves justice

Psalm 100

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for giving thanks.

100:1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! ² Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

³Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his;[4] 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.

[4] Or and not we ourselves

Psalm 101

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

101:1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. ²I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; ³I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. ⁴A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.

⁵Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

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

⁷No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

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