Psalm 98-102

New King James Version

A Song of Praise to the Lord for His Salvation and Judgment

A Psalm.

98 Oh, ^(A)sing to the Lord a new song!
For He has ^(B)done marvelous things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
²^(C)The Lord has made known His salvation;
^(D)His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the ^[a]nations.
³He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
^(E)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
⁵Sing to the Lord with the harp,
With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
⁶With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.

⁷Let the sea roar, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell in it;
⁸Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the hills be joyful together
⁹ before the Lord,
^(F)For He is coming to judge the earth.
With righteousness He shall judge the world,
And the peoples with ^[b]equity.

Praise to the Lord for His Holiness

99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
^(G)He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be ^[c]moved!
²The Lord is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
³Let them praise Your great and awesome name—
^[d]He is holy.

⁴The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
⁵Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His footstool—
He is holy.

⁶Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who ^(H)called upon His name;
They called upon the Lord, and He answered them.
⁷He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar;
They kept His testimonies and the ^[e]ordinance He gave them.

⁸You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were to them God-Who-Forgives,
Though You took vengeance on their deeds.
⁹Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His holy hill;
For the Lord our God is holy.

A Song of Praise for the Lord’s Faithfulness to His People

^(I)A Psalm of Thanksgiving.

100 Make ^(J)a joyful shout to the Lord, ^[f]all you lands!
²Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
³Know that the Lord, He is God;
^(K)It is He who has made us, and ^[g]not we ourselves;
^(L)We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

⁴^(M)Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
⁵For the Lord is good;
^(N)His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.

Promised Faithfulness to the Lord

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

²I will behave wisely in a ^[h]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will ^(O)walk within my house with a perfect heart.

³I will set nothing ^[i]wicked before my eyes;
^(P)I hate the work of those ^(Q)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
⁴A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not ^(R)know wickedness.

⁵Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
^(S)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

⁶My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a ^[j]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
⁷He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not ^[k]continue in my presence.
⁸^(T)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers ^(U)from the city of the Lord.

The Lord’s Eternal Love

A Prayer of the afflicted, ^(V)when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry come to You.
²^(W)Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day that I call, answer me speedily.

³For my days ^[l]are ^(X)consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burned like a hearth.
⁴My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.
⁵Because of the sound of my groaning
My bones cling to my ^[m]skin.
⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
I am like an owl of the desert.
⁷I lie awake,
And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.

⁸My enemies reproach me all day long;
Those who deride me swear an oath against me.
⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,
¹⁰Because of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
¹¹My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.

¹²But You, O Lord, shall endure forever,
And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.
¹³You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.
¹⁴For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And show favor to her dust.
¹⁵So the ^[n]nations shall ^(Y)fear the name of the Lord,
And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord shall build up Zion;
^(Z)He shall appear in His glory.
¹⁷^(AA)He shall regard the prayer of the destitute,
And shall not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This will be ^(AB)written for the generation to come,
That ^(AC)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.
¹⁹For He ^(AD)looked down from the height of His sanctuary;
From heaven the Lord viewed the earth,
²⁰^(AE)To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To release those appointed to death,
²¹To ^(AF)declare the name of the Lord in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
²²^(AG)When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

²³He weakened my strength in the way;
He ^(AH)shortened my days.
²⁴^(AI)I said, “O my God,
Do not take me away in the midst of my days;
^(AJ)Your years are throughout all generations.
²⁵^(AK)Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
²⁶^(AL)They will perish, but You will ^[o]endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed.
²⁷But ^(AM)You are the same,
And Your years will have no end.
²⁸^(AN)The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”