Psalms 94; Psalms 95; Psalms 96

1 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, appear!

2 Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give arrogant people what they deserve.

3 How long, O LORD, will wicked people triumph? How long?

4 They ramble. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves.

5 They crush your people, O LORD. They make those who belong to you suffer.

6 They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.

7 They say, "The LORD doesn't see it. The God of Jacob doesn't even pay attention to it."

8 Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools?

9 God created ears. Do you think he can't hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can't see?

10 He disciplines nations. Do you think he can't punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn't know anything?

11 The LORD knows that people's thoughts are pointless.

12 O LORD, blessed is the person whom you discipline and instruct from your teachings.

13 You give him peace and quiet from times of trouble while a pit is dug to trap wicked people.

14 The LORD will never desert his people or abandon those who belong to him.

15 The decisions of judges will again become fair, and everyone whose motives are decent will pursue justice.

16 Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will stand by my side against troublemakers?

17 If the LORD had not come to help me, my soul would have quickly fallen silent [in death].

18 When I said, "My feet are slipping," your mercy, O LORD, continued to hold me up.

19 When I worried about many things, your assuring words soothed my soul.

20 Are wicked rulers who use the law to do unlawful things able to be your partners?

21 They join forces to take the lives of righteous people. They condemn innocent people to death.

22 The LORD has become my stronghold. My God has become my rock of refuge.

23 He has turned their own wickedness against them. He will destroy them because of their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them.

1 Come, let's sing joyfully to the LORD. Let's shout happily to the rock of our salvation.

2 Let's come into his presence with a song of thanksgiving. Let's shout happily to him with psalms.

3 The LORD is a great God and a great king above all gods.

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth, and the mountain peaks are his.

5 The sea is his. He made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel in front of the LORD, our maker,

7 because he is our God and we are the people in his care, the flock that he leads. If only you would listen to him today!

8 "Do not be stubborn like [my people were] at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert.

9 Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there, although they had seen what I had done.

10 For 40 years I was disgusted with those people. So I said, 'They are a people whose hearts continue to stray. They have not learned my ways.'

11 That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest!'"

1 Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth!

2 Sing to the LORD! Praise his name! Day after day announce that the LORD saves his people.

3 Tell people about his glory. Tell all the nations about his miracles.

4 The LORD is great! He should be highly praised. He should be feared more than all [other] gods

5 because all the gods of the nations are idols. The LORD made the heavens.

6 Splendor and majesty are in his presence. Strength and beauty are in his holy place.

7 Give to the LORD, you families of the nations. Give to the LORD glory and power.

8 Give to the LORD the glory he deserves. Bring an offering, and come into his courtyards.

9 Worship the LORD in [his] holy splendor. Tremble in his presence, all the earth!

10 Say to the nations, "The LORD rules as king!" The earth stands firm; it cannot be moved. He will judge people fairly.

11 Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad. Let the sea and everything in it roar like thunder.

12 Let the fields and everything in them rejoice. Then all the trees in the forest will sing joyfully

13 in the LORD's presence because he is coming. He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with his truth.