Psalms 95; Psalms 97; Psalms 98; Psalms 99

Psalms 95

1 Come, let's sing out loud to the LORD! Let's raise a joyful shout to the rock of our salvation!

2 Let's come before him with thanks! Let's shout songs of joy to him!

3 The LORD is a great God, the great king over all other gods.

4 The earth's depths are in his hands; the mountain heights belong to him;

5 the sea, which he made, is his along with the dry ground, which his own hands formed.

6 Come, let's worship and bow down! Let's kneel before the LORD, our maker!

7 He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep in his hands. If only you would listen to his voice right now!

8 "Don't harden your hearts like you did at Meribah, like you did when you were at Massah, in the wilderness,

9 when your ancestors tested me and scrutinized me, even though they had already seen my acts.

10 For forty years I despised that generation; I said, ‘These people have twisted hearts. They don't know my ways.'

11 So in anger I swore: ‘They will never enter my place of rest!'"

Psalms 97

1 The LORD rules! Let the earth rejoice! Let all the islands celebrate!

2 Clouds and thick darkness surround God. His throne is built on righteousness and justice.

3 Fire proceeds before him, burning up his enemies on every side.

4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees it and trembles!

5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole world!

6 Heaven has proclaimed God's righteousness, and all nations have seen his glory.

7 All those who worship images, those who are proud of idols, are put to shame. All gods bow down to the Lord!

8 Zion has heard and celebrates, the towns of Judah rejoice, because of your acts of justice, LORD,

9 because you, LORD, are the Most High over all the earth, because you are so superior to all other gods.

10 Those of you who love the LORD, hate evil! God guards the lives of his faithful ones, delivering them from the power of the wicked.

11 Light is planted like seed for the righteous person; joy too for those whose heart is right.

12 Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones! Give thanks to his holy name!

Psalms 98

1 Sing to the LORD a new song because he has done wonderful things! His own strong hand and his own holy arm have won the victory!

2 The LORD has made his salvation widely known; he has revealed his righteousness in the eyes of all the nations.

3 God has remembered his loyal love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; every corner of the earth has seen our God's salvation.

4 Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth! Be happy! Rejoice out loud! Sing your praises!

5 Sing your praises to the LORD with the lyre— with the lyre and the sound of music.

6 With trumpets and a horn blast, shout triumphantly before the LORD, the king!

7 Let the sea and everything in it roar; the world and all its inhabitants too.

8 Let all the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains rejoice out loud altogether

9 before the LORD because he is coming to establish justice on the earth! He will establish justice in the world rightly; he will establish justice among all people fairly.

Psalms 99

1 The LORD rules— the nations shake! He sits enthroned on the winged heavenly creatures— the earth quakes!

2 The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.

3 Let them thank your great and awesome name. He is holy!

4 Strong king who loves justice, you are the one who established what is fair. You worked justice and righteousness in Jacob.

5 Magnify the LORD, our God! Bow low at his footstool! He is holy!

6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel too among those who called on his name. They cried out to the LORD, and he himself answered them—

7 he spoke to them from a pillar of cloud. They kept the laws and the rules God gave to them.

8 LORD our God, you answered them. To them you were a God who forgives but also the one who avenged their wrong deeds.

9 Magnify the LORD our God! Bow low at his holy mountain because the LORD our God is holy!