Psalm 95-97

New King James Version

A Call to Worship and Obedience

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
²Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with ^(A)psalms.
³For ^(B)the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
⁴^[a]In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
⁵^(C)The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let ^(D)us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
⁷For He is our God,
And ^(E)we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep ^[b]of His hand.

^(F)Today, if you will hear His voice:
⁸“Do not harden your hearts, as in the ^[c]rebellion,
^(G)As in the day of ^[d]trial in the wilderness,
⁹When ^(H)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they ^(I)saw My work.
¹⁰For ^(J)forty years I was ^[e]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
¹¹So ^(K)I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

A Song of Praise to God Coming in Judgment^(L)

96 Oh, ^(M)sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
³Declare His glory among the ^[f]nations,
His wonders among all peoples.

⁴For ^(N)the Lord is great and ^(O)greatly to be praised;
^(P)He is to be feared above all gods.
⁵For ^(Q)all the gods of the peoples are idols,
^(R)But the Lord made the heavens.
⁶Honor and majesty are before Him;
Strength and ^(S)beauty are in His sanctuary.

⁷^(T)Give^[g] to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
Give to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸^[h]Give to the Lord the glory due His name;
Bring an offering, and come into His courts.
⁹Oh, worship the Lord ^(U)in the beauty of holiness!
Tremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the ^[i]nations, ^(V)“The Lord reigns;
The world also is firmly established,
It shall not be ^[j]moved;
^(W)He shall judge the peoples righteously.”

¹¹^(X)Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
^(Y)Let the sea roar, and ^[k]all its fullness;
¹²Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice
¹³ before the Lord.
For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.
^(Z)He shall judge the world with righteousness,
And the peoples with His truth.

A Song of Praise to the Sovereign Lord

97 The Lord ^(AA)reigns;
Let the earth rejoice;
Let the multitude of ^[l]isles be glad!

²^(AB)Clouds and darkness surround Him;
^(AC)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
³^(AD)A fire goes before Him,
And burns up His enemies round about.
⁴^(AE)His lightnings light the world;
The earth sees and trembles.
⁵^(AF)The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
⁶^(AG)The heavens declare His righteousness,
And all the peoples see His glory.

⁷^(AH)Let all be put to shame who serve carved images,
Who boast of idols.
^(AI)Worship Him, all you gods.
⁸Zion hears and is glad,
And the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments, O Lord.
⁹For You, Lord, are ^(AJ)most high above all the earth;
^(AK)You are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰You who love the Lord, ^(AL)hate evil!
^(AM)He preserves the souls of His saints;
^(AN)He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
¹¹^(AO)Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.
¹²^(AP)Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous,
^(AQ)And give thanks ^[m]at the remembrance of ^[n]His holy name.