Psalm 99-101

New King James Version

Praise to the Lord for His Holiness

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

^(C)A Psalm of Thanksgiving.

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

⁴^(G)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;
^(H)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 ^[f]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will ^(I)walk within my house with a perfect heart.

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

⁵Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
^(M)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 ^[h]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
⁷He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not ^[i]continue in my presence.
⁸^(N)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers ^(O)from the city of the Lord.