Psalm 93
1The LORD reigns!
He is clothed with majesty!
The LORD is armed with strength.
The world also is established.
It can’t be moved.
2Your throne is established from long ago.
You are from everlasting.
3The floods have lifted up, LORD,
the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods lift up their waves.
4Above the voices of many waters,
the mighty breakers of the sea,
the LORD on high is mighty.
5Your statutes stand firm.
Holiness adorns your house,
LORD, forever more.
Psalm 94
1LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs,
you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
2Rise up, you judge of the earth.
Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3LORD, how long will the wicked,
how long will the wicked triumph?
4They pour out arrogant words.
All the evildoers boast.
5They break your people in pieces, LORD,
and afflict your heritage.
6They kill the widow and the alien,
and murder the fatherless.
7They say, “The LORD will not see,
neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8Consider, you senseless among the people;
you fools, when will you be wise?
9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear?
He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish?
He who teaches man knows.
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
that they are futile.
12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD,
and teach out of your law,
13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,
until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD won’t reject his people,
neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15For judgment will return to righteousness.
All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17Unless the LORD had been my help,
my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18When I said, “My foot is slipping!”
Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me,
your comforts delight my soul.
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you,
which brings about mischief by statute?
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.
22But the LORD has been my high tower,
my God, the rock of my refuge.
23He has brought on them their own iniquity,
and will cut them off in their own wickedness.
The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
Psalm 95
1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD.
Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving.
Let’s extol him with songs!
3For the LORD is a great God,
a great King above all gods.
4In his hand are the deep places of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are also his.
5The sea is his, and he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.
6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down.
Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker,
7for he is our God.
We are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep in his care.
Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
9when your fathers tempted me,
tested me, and saw my work.
10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation,
and said, “They are a people who err in their heart.
They have not known my ways.”
11Therefore I swore in my wrath,
“They won’t enter into my rest.”
Psalm 96
1Sing to the LORD a new song!
Sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2Sing to the LORD!
Bless his name!
Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
3Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised!
He is to be feared 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, you families of nations,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name.
Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9Worship the LORD in holy array.
Tremble before him, all the earth.
10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.”
The world is also established.
It can’t be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity.
11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
12Let the field and all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
13before the LORD; for he comes,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
the peoples with his truth.
Psalm 97
1The LORD reigns!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the multitude of islands be glad!
2Clouds and darkness are around him.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
3A fire goes before him,
and burns up his adversaries on every side.
4His lightning lights up the world.
The earth sees, and trembles.
5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD,
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6The heavens declare his righteousness.
All the peoples have seen his glory.
7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,
who boast in their idols.
Worship him, all you gods!
8Zion heard and was glad.
The daughters of Judah rejoiced
because of your judgments, LORD.
9For you, LORD, are most high above all the earth.
You are exalted far above all gods.
10You who love the LORD, hate evil!
He preserves the souls of his saints.
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
11Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart.
12Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people!
Give thanks to his holy Name.
Psalm 98
A Psalm.
1Sing 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 openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward 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!
Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
5Sing praises to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and the voice of melody.
6With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn,
make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.
7Let the sea roar with its fullness;
the world, and those who dwell therein.
8Let the rivers clap their hands.
Let the mountains sing for joy together.
9Let them sing before the LORD,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 99
1The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble.
He sits enthroned among the cherubim.
Let the earth be moved.
2The LORD is great in Zion.
He is high above all the peoples.
3Let them praise your great and awesome name.
He is Holy!
The King’s strength also loves justice.
You establish equity.
You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5Exalt the LORD our God.
Worship at his footstool.
He is Holy!
Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel was among those who call on his name.
They called on the LORD, and he answered them.
7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud.
They kept his testimonies,
the statute that he gave them.
8You answered them, LORD our God.
You are a God who forgave them,
although you took vengeance for their doings.
9Exalt the LORD, our God.
Worship at his holy hill,
for the LORD, our God, is holy!
Psalm 100
A Psalm of thanksgiving.
1Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
2Serve the LORD with gladness.
Come before his presence with singing.
3Know that the LORD, he is God.
It is he who has made us, and we are his.
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
5For the LORD is good.
His loving kindness endures forever,
his faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 101
A Psalm by David.
1I will sing of loving kindness and justice.
To you, LORD, I will sing praises.
2I will be careful to live a blameless life.
When will you come to me?
I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
3I will set no vile thing before my eyes.
I hate the deeds of faithless men.
They will not cling to me.
4A perverse heart will be far from me.
I will have nothing to do with evil.
5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.
I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
6My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,
that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in a perfect way,
he will serve me.
7He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house.
He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
8Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD’s city.
Psalm 102
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.
1Hear my prayer, LORD!
Let my cry come to you.
2Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress.
Turn your ear to me.
Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
3For my days consume away like smoke.
My bones are burned as a torch.
4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,
for I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning,
my bones stick to my skin.
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness.
I have become as an owl of the waste places.
7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
8My enemies reproach me all day.
Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
9For I have eaten ashes like bread,
and mixed my drink with tears,
10because of your indignation and your wrath;
for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
11My days are like a long shadow.
I have withered like grass.
But you, LORD, will remain forever;
your renown endures to all generations.
13You will arise and have mercy on Zion,
for it is time to have pity on her.
Yes, the set time has come.
14For your servants take pleasure in her stones,
and have pity on her dust.
15So the nations will fear the LORD’s name,
all the kings of the earth your glory.
16For the LORD has built up Zion.
He has appeared in his glory.
17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,
and has not despised their prayer.
18This will be written for the generation to come.
A people which will be created will praise the LORD,
19for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.
From heaven, the LORD saw the earth,
20to hear the groans of the prisoner,
to free those who are condemned to death,
21that men may declare the LORD’s name in Zion,
and his praise in Jerusalem,
22when the peoples are gathered together,
the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
He weakened my strength along the course.
He shortened my days.
24I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days.
Your years are throughout all generations.
25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.
The heavens are the work of your hands.
26They will perish, but you will endure.
Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
27But you are the same.
Your years will have no end.
28The children of your servants will continue.
Their offspring will be established before you.”
Psalm 103
By David.
1Praise the LORD, my soul!
All that is within me, praise his holy name!
2Praise the LORD, my soul,
and don’t forget all his benefits,
3who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases,
4who redeems your life from destruction,
who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
5who satisfies your desire with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6The LORD executes righteous acts,
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the children of Israel.
8The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9He will not always accuse;
neither will he stay angry forever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
12As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13Like a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.
14For he knows how we are made.
He remembers that we are dust.
15As for man, his days are like grass.
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.
Its place remembers it no more.
17But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him,
his righteousness to children’s children,
18to those who keep his covenant,
to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens.
His kingdom rules over all.
20Praise the LORD, you angels of his,
who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,
obeying the voice of his word.
21Praise the LORD, all you armies of his,
you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22Praise the LORD, all you works of his,
in all places of his dominion.
Praise the LORD, my soul!
Psalm 104
1Bless the LORD, my soul.
The LORD, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.
2He covers himself with light as with a garment.
He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
3He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot.
He walks on the wings of the wind.
4He makes his messengers winds,
and his servants flames of fire.
5He laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
7At your rebuke they fled.
At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
8The mountains rose,
the valleys sank down,
to the place which you had assigned to them.
9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
10He sends springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
11They give drink to every animal of the field.
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
13He waters the mountains from his rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
15wine that makes the heart of man glad,
oil to make his face to shine,
and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
16The LORD’s trees are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
17where the birds make their nests.
The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.
18The high mountains are for the wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19He appointed the moon for seasons.
The sun knows when to set.
20You make darkness, and it is night,
in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
21The young lions roar after their prey,
and seek their food from God.
22The sun rises, and they steal away,
and lie down in their dens.
23Man goes out to his work,
to his labor until the evening.
24LORD, how many are your works!
In wisdom, you have made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.
25There is the sea, great and wide,
in which are innumerable living things,
both small and large animals.
26There the ships go,
and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
27These all wait for you,
that you may give them their food in due season.
28You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
29You hide your face; they are troubled.
You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
30You send out your Spirit and they are created.
You renew the face of the ground.
31Let the LORD’s glory endure forever.
Let the LORD rejoice in his works.
32He looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live.
I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
34Let my meditation be sweet to him.
I will rejoice in the LORD.
35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.
Let the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, my soul.
Praise the LORD!