Psalm 95-103

New King James Version

⁶ Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let ^(D)us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
⁷ For 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,
⁹ When ^(H)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they ^(I)saw My work.
¹⁰ For ^(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.’
¹¹ So ^(K)I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

⁴ For ^(N)the Lord is great and ^(O)greatly to be praised;
^(P)He is to be feared above all gods.
⁵ For ^(Q)all the gods of the peoples are idols,
^(R)But the Lord made the heavens.
⁶ Honor 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.
⁹ Oh, worship the Lord ^(U)in the beauty of holiness!
Tremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰ Say 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;
¹² Let 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.

^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.
⁸ Zion hears and is glad,
And the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your judgments, O Lord.
⁹ For You, Lord, are ^(AJ)most high above all the earth;
^(AK)You are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰ You 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁶ The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
^7 (CK)He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
^8 (CL)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
^9 (CM)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
^10 (CN)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
¹² As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^(CO)removed our transgressions from us.
^13 (CP)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
¹⁴ For He ^[ad]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, ^(CQ)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
^16 (CR)For the wind passes over it, and it is ^[ae]gone,
And ^(CS)its place remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
^18 (CT)To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

¹⁹ The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And ^(CU)His kingdom rules over all.

^20 (CV)Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who ^(CW)do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
²¹ Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
^(CX)You ^[af]ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
²² Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!