Psalms 89; Psalms 96; Psalms 100; Psalms 101; Psalms 105; Psalms 132

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Psalms 89

1 I will always sing about the Lord's love; I will tell of his loyalty from now on.

2 I will say, "Your love continues forever; your loyalty goes on and on like the sky."

3 You said, "I made an agreement with the man of my choice; I made a promise to my servant David.

4 I told him, 'I will make your family continue forever. Your kingdom will go on and on.'"Selah

5 Lord, the heavens praise you for your miracles and for your loyalty in the meeting of your holy ones.

6 Who in heaven is equal to the Lord? None of the angels is like the Lord.

7 When the holy ones meet, it is God they fear. He is more frightening than all who surround him.

8 Lord God All-Powerful, who is like you? Lord, you are powerful and completely trustworthy.

9 You rule the mighty sea and calm the stormy waves.

10 You crushed the sea monster Rahab; by your power you scattered your enemies.

11 The skies and the earth belong to you. You made the world and everything in it.

12 You created the north and the south. your name.

13 Your arm has great power. Your hand is strong; your right hand is lifted up.

14 Your kingdom is built on what is right and fair. Love and truth are in all you do.

15 Happy are the people who know how to praise you. Lord, let them live in the light of your presence.

16 In your name they rejoice and continually praise your goodness.

17 You are their glorious strength, and in your kindness you honor our king.

18 Our king, our shield, belongs to the Lord, to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Once, in a vision, you spoke to those who worship you. You said, "I have given strength to a warrior; I have raised up a young man from my people.

20 I have found my servant David; I appointed him by pouring holy oil on him.

21 I will steady him with my hand and strengthen him with my arm.

22 No enemy will make him give forced payments, and wicked people will not defeat him.

23 I will crush his enemies in front of him; I will defeat those who hate him.

24 My loyalty and love will be with him. Through me he will be strong.

25 I will give him power over the sea and control over the rivers.

26 He will say to me, 'You are my father, my God, the Rock, my Savior.'

27 I will make him my firstborn son, the greatest king on earth.

28 My love will watch over him forever, and my agreement with him will never end.

29 I will make his family continue, and his kingdom will last as long as the skies.

30 "If his descendants reject my teachings and do not follow my laws,

31 if they ignore my demands and disobey my commands,

32 then I will punish their sins with a rod and their wrongs with a whip.

33 But I will not hold back my love from David, nor will I stop being loyal.

34 I will not break my agreement nor change what I have said.

35 I have promised by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

36 His family will go on forever. His kingdom will last before me like the sun.

37 It will continue forever, like the moon, like a dependable witness in the sky."Selah

38 But now you have refused and rejected your appointed king. You have been angry with him.

39 You have abandoned the agreement with your servant and thrown his crown to the ground.

40 You have torn down all his city walls; you have turned his strong cities into ruins.

41 Everyone who passes by steals from him. His neighbors insult him.

42 You have given strength to his enemies and have made them all happy.

43 You have made his sword useless; you did not help him stand in battle.

44 You have kept him from winning and have thrown his throne to the ground.

45 You have cut his life short and covered him with shame.Selah

46 Lord, how long will this go on? Will you ignore us forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?

47 Remember how short my life is.

48 What person alive will not die? Who can escape the grave?Selah

49 Lord, where is your love from times past, which in your loyalty you promised to David?

50 Lord, remember how they insulted your servant; remember how I have suffered the insults of the nations.

51 Lord, remember how your enemies insulted you and how they insulted your appointed king wherever he went.

52 Praise the Lord forever! Amen and amen.

Psalms 96

1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing to the Lord and praise his name; every day tell how he saves us.

3 Tell the nations of his glory; tell all peoples the miracles he does,

4 because the Lord is great; he should be praised at all times. He should be honored more than all the gods,

5 because all the gods of the nations are only idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

6 The Lord has glory and majesty; he has power and beauty in his Temple.

7 Praise the Lord, all nations on earth; praise the Lord's glory and power.

8 Praise the glory of the Lord's name. Bring an offering and come into his Temple courtyards.

9 Worship the Lord because he is holy. Tremble before him, everyone on earth.

10 Tell the nations, "The Lord is king." The earth is set, and it cannot be moved. He will judge the people fairly.

11 Let the skies rejoice and the earth be glad; let the sea and everything in it shout.

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

13 before the Lord, because he is coming. He is coming to judge the world; he will judge the world with fairness and the peoples with truth.

Psalms 100

1 Shout to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Serve the Lord with joy; come before him with singing.

3 Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep he tends.

4 Come into his city with songs of thanksgiving and into his courtyards with songs of praise. Thank him and praise his name.

5 The Lord is good. His love is forever, and his loyalty goes on and on. A psalm of David.

Psalms 101

1 I will sing of your love and fairness; Lord, I will sing praises to you.

2 I will be careful to live an innocent life. When will you come to me? I will live an innocent life in my house.

3 I will not look at anything wicked. I hate those who turn against you; they will not be found near me.

4 Let those who want to do wrong stay away from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.

5 If anyone secretly says things against his neighbor, I will stop him. I will not allow people to be proud and look down on others.

6 I will look for trustworthy people so I can live with them in the land. Only those who live innocent lives will be my servants.

7 No one who is dishonest will live in my house; no liars will stay around me.

8 Every morning I will destroy the wicked in the land. I will rid the Lord's city of people who do evil. A prayer of a person who is suffering when he is discouraged and tells the Lord his complaints.

Psalms 105

1 Give thanks to the Lord and pray to him. Tell the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him; sing praises to him. Tell about all his miracles.

3 Be glad that you are his; let those who seek the Lord be happy.

4 Depend on the Lord and his strength; always go to him for help.

5 Remember the miracles he has done; remember his wonders and his decisions.

6 You are descendants of his servant Abraham, the children of Jacob, his chosen people.

7 He is the Lord our God. His laws are for all the world.

8 He will keep his agreement forever; he will keep his promises always.

9 He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.

10 He made it a law for the people of Jacob; he made it an agreement with Israel to last forever.

11 The Lord said, "I will give you the land of Canaan, and it will belong to you."

12 Then God's people were few in number. They were strangers in the land.

13 They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another.

14 But the Lord did not let anyone hurt them; he warned kings not to harm them.

15 He said, "Don't touch my chosen people, and don't harm my prophets."

16 God ordered a time of hunger in the land, and he destroyed all the food.

17 Then he sent a man ahead of them -- Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

18 They put chains around his feet and an iron ring around his neck.

19 Then the time he had spoken of came, and the Lord's words proved that Joseph was right.

20 The king of Egypt sent for Joseph and freed him; the ruler of the people set him free.

21 He made him the master of his house; Joseph was in charge of his riches.

22 He could order the princes as he wished. He taught the older men to be wise.

23 Then his father Israel came to Egypt; Jacobn lived in Egypt.

24 The Lord made his people grow in number, and he made them stronger than their enemies.

25 He caused the Egyptians to hate his people and to make plans against his servants.

26 Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

27 They did many signs among the Egyptians and worked wonders in Egypt.

28 The Lord sent darkness and made the land dark, but the Egyptians turned against what he said.

29 So he changed their water into blood and made their fish die.

30 Then their country was filled with frogs, even in the bedrooms of their rulers.

31 The Lord spoke and flies came, and gnats were everywhere in the country.

32 He made hail fall like rain and sent lightning through their land.

33 He struck down their grapevines and fig trees, and he destroyed every tree in the country.

34 He spoke and grasshoppers came; the locusts were too many to count.

35 They ate all the plants in the land and everything the earth produced.

36 The Lord also killed all the firstborn sons in the land, the oldest son of each family.

37 Then he brought his people out, and they carried with them silver and gold. Not one of his people stumbled.

38 The Egyptians were glad when they left, because the Egyptians were afraid of them.

39 The Lord covered them with a cloud and lit up the night with fire.

40 When they asked, he brought them quail and filled them with bread from heaven.

41 God split the rock, and water flowed out; it ran like a river through the desert.

42 He remembered his holy promise to his servant Abraham.

43 So God brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.

44 He gave them lands of other nations, so they received what others had worked for.

45 This was so they would keep his orders and obey his teachings.

Psalms 132

1 Lord, remember David and all his suffering.

2 He made an oath to the Lord, a promise to the Mighty God of Jacob.

3 He said, "I will not go home to my house, or lie down on my bed,

4 or close my eyes, or let myself sleep

5 until I find a place for the Lord. I want to provide a home for the Mighty God of Jacob."

6 We heard about the Ark in Bethlehem. We found it at Kiriath Jearim.

7 Let's go to the Lord's house. Let's worship at his footstool.

8 Rise, Lord, and come to your resting place; come with the Ark that shows your strength.

9 May your priests do what is right. May your people sing for joy.

10 For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your appointed king.

11 The Lord made a promise to David, a sure promise that he will not take back. He promised, "I will make one of your descendants rule as king after you.

12 If your sons keep my agreement and the rules that I teach them, then their sons after them will rule on your throne forever and ever."

13 The Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he wants it for his home.

14 He says, "This is my resting place forever. Here is where I want to stay.

15 I will bless her with plenty; I will fill her poor with food.

16 I will cover her priests with salvation, and those who worship me will really sing for joy.

17 "I will make a king come from the family of David. I will provide my appointed one descendants to rule after him.

18 I will cover his enemies with shame, but his crown will shine." A song for going up to worship. Of David.