Psalms 94; Psalms 95; Psalms 96; Romans 15:14-33

1 (93-1) The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

2 (93-2) Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

3 (93-3) How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?

4 (93-4) Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?

5 (93-5) Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.

6 (93-6) They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

7 (93-7) And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

8 (93-8) Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.

9 (93-9) He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?

10 (93-10) He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?

11 (93-11) The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

12 (93-12) Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.

13 (93-13) That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.

14 (93-14) For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.

15 (93-15) Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

16 (93-16) Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

17 (93-17) Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.

18 (93-18) If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

19 (93-19) According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

20 (93-20) Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

21 (93-21) They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.

22 (93-22) But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.

23 (93-23) And he will render them their iniquity:and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.

1 (94-1) Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

2 (94-2) Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

3 (94-3) For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4 (94-4) For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

5 (94-5) For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6 (94-6) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

7 (94-7) For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8 (94-8) To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

9 (94-9) As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

10 (94-10) Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

11 (94-11) And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

1 (95-1) <A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the captivity.> Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth.

2 (95-2) Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day.

3 (95-3) Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people.

4 (95-4) For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

5 (95-5) For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

6 (95-6) Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary.

7 (95-7) Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour:

8 (95-8) Bring to the Lord glory unto his name. Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts:

9 (95-9) Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved at his presence.

10 (95-10) Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

11 (95-11) Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof:

12 (95-12) The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice

13 (95-13) before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.

14 And I myself also, my brethren, am assured of you that you also are full of love, replenished with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another.

15 But I have written to you, brethren, more boldly in some sort, as it were putting you in mind, because of the grace which is given me from God,

16 That I should be the minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles: sanctifying the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and sanctified in the Holy Ghost.

17 I have therefore glory in Christ Jesus towards God.

18 For I dare not to speak of any of those things which Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

19 By the virtue of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Ghost, so that from Jerusalem round about, as far as unto Illyricum, I have replenished the gospel of Christ.

20 And I have so preached this gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man a foundation.

21 But as it is written: They to whom he was not spoken of shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

22 For which cause also, I was hindered very much from coming to you and have been kept away till now.

23 But now, having no more place in these countries and having a great desire these many years past to come unto you,

24 When I shall begin to take my journey into Spain, I hope that, as I pass, I shall see you and be brought on my way thither by you: if first, in part, I shall have enjoyed you.

25 But now I shall go to Jerusalem, to minister unto the saints.

26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a contribution for the poor of the saints that are in Jerusalem.

27 For it hath pleased them: and they are their debtors. For, if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also in carnal things to minister to them.

28 When therefore I shall have accomplished this and consigned to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

29 And I know that when I come to you I shall come in the abundance of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

30 I beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your prayers for me to God,

31 That I may be delivered from the unbelievers that are in Judea and that the oblation of my service may be acceptable in Jerusalem to the saints.

32 That I may come to you with joy, by the will of God, and may be refreshed with you.

33 Now the God of peace be with, you all. Amen.