Psalm 98-102

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁴ Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    break forth into joyous song and sing praises.^(D)
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the sound of melody.
⁶ With trumpets and the sound of the horn
    make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.^(E)

⁷ Let the sea roar and all that fills it,
    the world and those who live in it.^(F)
8 Let the floods clap their hands;
    let the hills sing together for joy^(G)
9 at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
    to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.^(H)

⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
    Samuel also was among those who called on his name.
    They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.^(M)
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
    they kept his decrees
    and the statutes that he gave them.^(N)

⁸ O Lord our God, you answered them;
    you were a forgiving God to them
    but an avenger of their wrongdoings.^(O)
9 Extol the Lord our God,
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.^(P)

³ Know that the Lord is God.
    It is he who made us, and we are his;^[b]
    we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.^(R)

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise.
    Give thanks to him; bless his name.^(S)

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

I will walk with integrity of heart
    within my house;^(V)
3 I will not set before my eyes
    anything that is base.

I hate the work of those who fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.^(W)
4 Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;
    I will know nothing of evil.^(X)

⁵ One who secretly slanders a neighbor
    I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
    I will not tolerate.^(Y)

⁶ I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
    so that they may live with me;
whoever walks in the way that is blameless
    shall minister to me.^(Z)

⁷ No one who practices deceit
    shall remain in my house;
no one who utters lies
    shall continue in my presence.

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

³ For my days pass away like smoke,
    and my bones burn like a furnace.^(AD)
4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass;
    I am too wasted to eat my bread.^(AE)
5 Because of my loud groaning,
    my bones cling to my skin.^(AF)
6 I am like a desert owl^[c] of the wilderness,
    like a little owl of the waste places.^(AG)
7 I lie awake;
    I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.^(AH)
8 All day long my enemies taunt me;
    those who deride me use my name for a curse.^(AI)
9 Indeed, I eat ashes like bread
    and mingle tears with my drink,^(AJ)
10 because of your indignation and anger,
    for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹ My days are like a lengthening shadow;
    I wither away like grass.^(AK)

¹² But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;
    your name endures to all generations.^(AL)
13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
    for it is time to favor it;
    the appointed time has come.^(AM)
14 For your servants hold its stones dear
    and have pity on its dust.
¹⁵ The nations will fear the name of the Lord
    and all the kings of the earth your glory.^(AN)
16 For the Lord will build up Zion;
    he will appear in his glory.^(AO)
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute
    and will not despise their prayer.^(AP)

¹⁸ Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
    so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord:^(AQ)
19 that he looked down from his holy height,
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,^(AR)
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free those who were doomed to die,^(AS)
21 so that the name of the Lord may be declared in Zion
    and his praise in Jerusalem,^(AT)
22 when peoples gather together,
    and kingdoms, to serve the Lord.^(AU)

²³ He has broken my strength in midcourse;
    he has shortened my days.^(AV)
24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away
    at the midpoint of my life,
you whose years endure
    throughout all generations.”^(AW)

²⁵ Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(AX)
26 They will perish, but you endure;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You change them like clothing, and they pass away,^(AY)
27     but you are the same, and your years have no end.^(AZ)
28 The children of your servants shall live secure;
    their offspring shall be established in your presence.^(BA)