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

^7 (H)Let all be put to shame who serve carved images,
Who boast of idols.
^(I)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 ^(J)most high above all the earth;
^(K)You are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰ You who love the Lord, ^(L)hate evil!
^(M)He preserves the souls of His saints;
^(N)He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
^11 (O)Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.
^12 (P)Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous,
^(Q)And give thanks ^[b]at the remembrance of ^[c]His holy name.

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 ^(B)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 ^[c]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.

^(A)Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

² Who can ^[b]utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
Who can declare all His praise?
³ Blessed are those who keep justice,
And ^[c]he who ^(B)does righteousness at ^(C)all times!

^4 (D)Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.
Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
⁵ That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with ^[d]Your inheritance.

^6 (E)We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity,
We have done wickedly.
⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,
^(F)But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

⁸ Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
^(G)That He might make His mighty power known.
^9 (H)He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So ^(I)He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.
¹⁰ He ^(J)saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
^11 (K)The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left.
^12 (L)Then they believed His words;
They sang His praise.

^13 (M)They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,
^14 (N)But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.
^15 (O)And He gave them their request,
But ^(P)sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶ When ^(Q)they envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the Lord,
^17 (R)The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
And covered the faction of Abiram.
^18 (S)A fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.

^19 (T)They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
²⁰ Thus ^(U)they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
^23 (V)Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one ^(W)stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

²⁴ Then they despised ^(X)the pleasant land;
They ^(Y)did not believe His word,
^25 (Z)But complained in their tents,
And did not heed the voice of the Lord.
^26 (AA)Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them,
^(AB)To ^[e]overthrow them in the wilderness,
^27 (AC)To ^[f]overthrow their descendants among the ^[g]nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.

^28 (AD)They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices ^[h]made to the dead.
²⁹ Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
^30 (AE)Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
And the plague was stopped.
³¹ And that was accounted to him ^(AF)for righteousness
To all generations forevermore.

^32 (AG)They angered Him also at the waters of ^[i]strife,
^(AH)So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;
^33 (AI)Because they rebelled against His Spirit,
So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

^34 (AJ)They did not destroy the peoples,
^(AK)Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
^35 (AL)But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
^36 (AM)They served their idols,
^(AN)Which became a snare to them.
^37 (AO)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to ^(AP)demons,
³⁸ And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And ^(AQ)the land was polluted with blood.
³⁹ Thus they ^[j]were ^(AR)defiled by their own works,
And ^(AS)played^[k] the harlot by their own deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore ^(AT)the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred ^(AU)His own inheritance.
⁴¹ And ^(AV)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
^43 (AW)Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When ^(AX)He heard their cry;
^45 (AY)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And ^(AZ)relented ^(BA)according to the multitude of His mercies.
^46 (BB)He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away captive.

^47 (BC)Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.

^48 (BD)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”

^[l]Praise the Lord!

² He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the ^(B)truth in his heart;
³ He who ^(C)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
^(D)Nor does he ^[b]take up a reproach against his friend;
^4 (E)In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who ^(F)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things ^(G)shall never be moved.

^3 (C)Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
⁴ He who has ^(D)clean hands and ^(E)a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor ^(F)sworn deceitfully.
⁵ He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
⁶ This is Jacob, the generation of those who ^(G)seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah

^7 (H)Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
^(I)And the King of glory shall come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in ^(J)battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
¹⁰ Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory. Selah

³ Jerusalem is built
As a city that is ^(B)compact together,
^4 (C)Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of the Lord,
^[a]To ^(D)the Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
^5 (E)For thrones are set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.

^6 (F)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
⁷ Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”
⁸ For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
⁹ Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will ^(G)seek your good.

^4 (E)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;
^(F)His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.