Psalm 93-95

New International Version

Psalm 93

¹The Lord reigns,^(A) he is robed in majesty;^(B)
    the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;^(C)
    indeed, the world is established,^(D) firm and secure.^(E)
²Your throne was established^(F) long ago;
    you are from all eternity.^(G)

³The seas^(H) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;^(I)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.^(J)
⁴Mightier than the thunder^(K) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers^(L) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.^(M)

⁵Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
holiness^(N) adorns your house^(O)
for endless days.

Psalm 94

¹The Lord is a God who avenges.^(P)
    O God who avenges, shine forth.^(Q)
²Rise up,^(R) Judge^(S) of the earth;
    pay back^(T) to the proud what they deserve.
³How long, Lord, will the wicked,
    how long will the wicked be jubilant?^(U)

⁴They pour out arrogant^(V) words;
    all the evildoers are full of boasting.^(W)
⁵They crush your people,^(X) Lord;
    they oppress your inheritance.^(Y)
⁶They slay the widow^(Z) and the foreigner;
    they murder the fatherless.^(AA)
⁷They say, “The Lord does not see;^(AB)
    the God of Jacob^(AC) takes no notice.”

⁸Take notice, you senseless ones^(AD) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
⁹Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?^(AE)
¹⁰Does he who disciplines^(AF) nations not punish?
    Does he who teaches^(AG) mankind lack knowledge?
¹¹The Lord knows all human plans;^(AH)
    he knows that they are futile.^(AI)

¹²Blessed is the one you discipline,^(AJ) Lord,
    the one you teach^(AK) from your law;
¹³you grant them relief from days of trouble,^(AL)
    till a pit^(AM) is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴For the Lord will not reject his people;^(AN)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.
¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^(AO)
    and all the upright in heart^(AP) will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up^(AQ) for me against the wicked?
    Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^(AR)
¹⁷Unless the Lord had given me help,^(AS)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(AT)
¹⁸When I said, “My foot is slipping,^(AU)”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
¹⁹When anxiety^(AV) was great within me,
    your consolation^(AW) brought me joy.

²⁰Can a corrupt throne^(AX) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^(AY)
²¹The wicked band together^(AZ) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent^(BA) to death.^(BB)
²²But the Lord has become my fortress,
    and my God the rock^(BC) in whom I take refuge.^(BD)
²³He will repay^(BE) them for their sins
    and destroy^(BF) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95

¹Come,^(BG) let us sing for joy^(BH) to the Lord;
let us shout aloud^(BI) to the Rock^(BJ) of our salvation.
²Let us come before him^(BK) with thanksgiving^(BL)
and extol him with music^(BM) and song.

³For the Lord is the great God,^(BN)
    the great King^(BO) above all gods.^(BP)
⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(BQ)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(BR)

⁶Come, let us bow down^(BS) in worship,^(BT)
    let us kneel^(BU) before the Lord our Maker;^(BV)
⁷for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(BW)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸“Do not harden your hearts^(BX) as you did at Meribah,^[a]^(BY)
    as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,^(BZ)
⁹where your ancestors tested^(CA) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰For forty years^(CB) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^(CC)
    and they have not known my ways.’^(CD)
¹¹So I declared on oath^(CE) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(CF)