Psalm 100-102

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His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for ^(A)giving thanks.

100 ^(B)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
² ^(C)Serve the Lord with gladness!
^(D)Come into his presence with singing!

³Know that ^(E)the Lord, he is God!
It is he who ^(F)made us, and ^(G)we are his;^[a]
we are his ^(H)people, and ^(I)the sheep of his pasture.

⁴^(J)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his ^(K)courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; ^(L)bless his name!

⁵^(M)For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his ^(N)faithfulness to all generations.

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of ^(O)steadfast love and justice;
    to you, O Lord, I will make music.
²I will ^(P)ponder the way ^(Q)that is blameless.
    Oh when will you ^(R)come to me?
I will ^(S)walk with ^(T)integrity of heart
    within my house;
³I will not set before my eyes
    anything ^(U)that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who ^(V)fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.
⁴^(W)A perverse heart shall be far from me;
    I will ^(X)know nothing of evil.

⁵Whoever slanders his neighbor ^(Y)secretly
I will ^(Z)destroy.
Whoever has a ^(AA)haughty look and an ^(AB)arrogant heart
I will not endure.

⁶I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in ^(AC)the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.

⁷No one who ^(AD)practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall ^(AE)continue before my eyes.

⁸^(AF)Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
^(AG)cutting off all ^(AH)the evildoers
from ^(AI)the city of the Lord.

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is ^(AJ)faint and ^(AK)pours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 ^(AL)Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry ^(AM)come to you!
²^(AN)Do not hide your face from me
in ^(AO)the day of my distress!
^(AP)Incline your ear to me;
^(AQ)answer me speedily ^(AR)in the day when I call!

³For my days ^(AS)pass away like smoke,
    and my ^(AT)bones burn like a furnace.
⁴My heart is ^(AU)struck down like grass and ^(AV)has withered;
    I ^(AW)forget to eat my bread.
⁵Because of my loud groaning
    my ^(AX)bones cling to my flesh.
⁶I am like ^(AY)a desert owl of the wilderness,
    like an owl^[b] of the waste places;
⁷I ^(AZ)lie awake;
    I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
⁸All the day my enemies taunt me;
    those who ^(BA)deride me ^(BB)use my name for a curse.
⁹For I eat ashes like bread
    and ^(BC)mingle tears with my drink,
¹⁰because of your indignation and anger;
    for you have ^(BD)taken me up and ^(BE)thrown me down.
¹¹My days are like ^(BF)an evening shadow;
    I ^(BG)wither away like grass.

¹²But you, O Lord, are ^(BH)enthroned forever;
    you ^(BI)are remembered throughout all generations.
¹³You will ^(BJ)arise and have ^(BK)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    ^(BL)the appointed time has come.
¹⁴For your servants hold her ^(BM)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.
¹⁵Nations will ^(BN)fear the name of the Lord,
    and all ^(BO)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord ^(BP)builds up Zion;
    he ^(BQ)appears in his glory;
¹⁷he ^(BR)regards the prayer of the destitute
    and does not despise their prayer.

¹⁸Let this be ^(BS)recorded for ^(BT)a generation to come,
    so that ^(BU)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
¹⁹that he ^(BV)looked down from his holy height;
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
²⁰to hear ^(BW)the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free ^(BX)those who were doomed to die,
²¹that they may ^(BY)declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
    and in Jerusalem his praise,
²²when ^(BZ)peoples gather together,
    and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

²³He has broken my strength in midcourse;
    he ^(CA)has shortened my days.
²⁴“O my God,” ^(CB)I say, “take me not away
    in the midst of my days—
^(CC)you whose years endure
    throughout all generations!”

²⁵^(CD)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and ^(CE)the heavens are the work of your hands.
²⁶^(CF)They will perish, but ^(CG)you will remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
²⁷    but ^(CH)you are the same, and your years have no end.
²⁸^(CI)The children of your servants ^(CJ)shall dwell secure;
    ^(CK)their offspring shall be established before you.