Psalm 94-96

New American Standard Bible

The Lord Implored to Avenge His People.

94 Lord, God of ^[a]^(A)vengeance,
God of ^[b]vengeance, ^[c]^(B)shine forth!
²^(C)Rise up, ^(D)Judge of the earth,
Pay back retribution ^(E)to the proud.
³How long, Lord, shall the wicked—
How long shall the ^(F)wicked triumph?
⁴They pour out words, they ^(G)speak arrogantly;
All who do injustice ^(H)boast.
⁵They ^(I)crush Your people, Lord,
And ^(J)afflict Your inheritance.
⁶They ^(K)kill the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
⁷^(L)They have said, “^[d]The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob perceive.”

⁸Pay attention, you ^(M)stupid ones among the people;
And when will you understand, ^(N)foolish ones?
⁹He who ^(O)planted the ear, ^[e]does He not hear?
Or He who formed the eye, ^[f]does He not see?
¹⁰He who ^[g]^(P)disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,
He who ^(Q)teaches mankind knowledge?
¹¹The Lord ^(R)knows human thoughts,
^[h]That they are mere breath.

¹²Blessed is the man whom ^(S)You discipline, ^[i]Lord,
And ^(T)whom You teach from Your Law,
¹³So that You may grant him ^(U)relief from the ^(V)days of adversity,
Until ^(W)a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴For ^(X)the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He ^(Y)abandon His inheritance.
¹⁵For ^[j]^(Z)judgment ^[k]will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart ^[l]will follow it.
¹⁶Who will ^(AA)stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me ^(AB)against those who do injustice?

¹⁷If ^(AC)the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
¹⁸If I should say, “^(AD)My foot has slipped,”
Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
¹⁹When my anxious thoughts ^[m]multiply within me,
Your ^(AE)comfort delights my soul.
²⁰Can a ^[n]^(AF)throne of destruction be allied with You,
One ^(AG)which devises ^[o]mischief by decree?
²¹They ^(AH)band themselves together against the ^[p]life of the righteous
And ^(AI)condemn ^[q]the innocent to death.
²²But the Lord has been my ^(AJ)refuge,
And my God the ^(AK)rock of my refuge.
²³He has ^(AL)brought back their injustice upon them,
And He will ^[r]^(AM)destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will ^[s]destroy them.

Praise to the Lord and Warning against Unbelief.

95 Come, let’s ^(AN)sing for joy to the Lord,
Let’s shout joyfully to ^(AO)the rock of our salvation.
²Let’s ^(AP)come before His presence ^(AQ)with a song of thanksgiving,
Let’s shout joyfully to Him ^(AR)in songs with instruments.
³For the Lord is a ^(AS)great God
And a great King ^(AT)above all gods,
⁴In whose hand are the ^(AU)depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are also His.
⁵^[t]The sea is His, for it was He ^(AV)who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come, let’s ^(AW)worship and bow down,
Let’s ^(AX)kneel before the Lord our ^(AY)Maker.
⁷For He is our God,
And ^(AZ)we are the people of His ^[u]^(BA)pasture and the sheep of His hand.
^(BB)Today, ^[v]if you will hear His voice,
⁸Do not harden your hearts as at ^[w]^(BC)Meribah,
As on the day of ^[x]^(BD)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹“When your fathers ^(BE)put Me to the test,
They tested Me, though they had seen My work.
¹⁰For ^(BF)forty years I was disgusted with that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.
¹¹Therefore I ^(BG)swore in My anger,
They certainly shall not enter My ^(BH)rest.”

A Call to Worship the Lord the Righteous Judge.

96 ^(BI)Sing to the Lord a ^(BJ)new song;
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
^(BK)Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
³Tell of ^(BL)His glory among the nations,
His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
⁴For ^(BM)great is the Lord, and ^(BN)greatly to be praised;
He is to be ^(BO)feared ^(BP)above all gods.
⁵For ^(BQ)all the gods of the peoples are ^[y]idols,
But ^(BR)the Lord made the heavens.
⁶^(BS)Splendor and majesty are before Him,
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

⁷^[z]Ascribe to the Lord, you ^(BT)families of the peoples,
^[aa]^(BU)Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸^[ab]Ascribe to the Lord the ^(BV)glory of His name;
Bring an ^[ac]^(BW)offering and come into His courtyards.
⁹^(BX)Worship the Lord in ^[ad]holy attire;
^(BY)Tremble before Him, all the earth.
¹⁰Say among the nations, “^(BZ)The Lord reigns;
Indeed, the ^(CA)world is firmly established, it will not be moved;
He will ^(CB)judge the peoples fairly.”

¹¹May the ^(CC)heavens be joyful, and may the ^(CD)earth rejoice;
May ^(CE)the sea ^[ae]roar, and ^[af]all it contains;
¹²May the ^(CF)field be jubilant, and all that is in it.
Then all the ^(CG)trees of the forest will sing for joy
¹³Before the Lord, ^(CH)for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
^(CI)He will judge the world in righteousness,
And the peoples in His faithfulness.

Footnotes

Psalm 94:1 Or avenging acts
Psalm 94:1 Or avenging acts
Psalm 94:1 Or has shone forth
Psalm 94:7 Heb Yah
Psalm 94:9 Or can
Psalm 94:9 Or can
Psalm 94:10 Or instructs
Psalm 94:11 Or For
Psalm 94:12 Heb Yah
Psalm 94:15 I.e., administration of justice
Psalm 94:15 Lit will return to righteousness
Psalm 94:15 Lit will be after it
Psalm 94:19 Or are many
Psalm 94:20 Or tribunal
Psalm 94:20 Or trouble, misfortune
Psalm 94:21 Or soul
Psalm 94:21 Lit innocent blood
Psalm 94:23 Or silence
Psalm 94:23 Or silence
Psalm 95:5 Lit Who has the sea
Psalm 95:7 Lit pasturing
Psalm 95:7 Or O that you would obey
Psalm 95:8 Or place of strife
Psalm 95:8 Or temptation
Psalm 96:5 Or non-existent things
Psalm 96:7 Lit Give
Psalm 96:7 Lit Give
Psalm 96:8 Lit Give
Psalm 96:8 Or meal offering
Psalm 96:9 Or the splendor of holiness
Psalm 96:11 Or thunder
Psalm 96:11 Lit its fullness

Romans 15:14-33

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴And concerning you, my brothers and sisters, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of ^(A)goodness, filled with ^(B)all knowledge and able also to admonish one another. ¹⁵But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of ^(C)the grace that was given to me ^[a]from God, ¹⁶to be ^(D)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the ^(E)gospel of God, so that my ^(F)offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found ^(G)reason for boasting in ^(H)things pertaining to God. ¹⁸^(I)For I will not presume to speak of anything ^[b]except what ^(J)Christ has accomplished through me, ^[c]resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed, ¹⁹in the power of ^[d]^(K)signs and wonders, ^(L)in the power of the Spirit; so that ^(M)from Jerusalem and all around as ^(N)far as Illyricum I have ^[e]fully preached the gospel of Christ. ²⁰And in this way I aspired to ^(O)preach the gospel, not where Christ was already known by name, ^(P)so that I would not build on another person’s foundation; ²¹but just as it is written:

“^(Q)They who have not been told about Him will see,
And they who have not heard will understand.”

²²For this reason ^(R)I have often been prevented from coming to you; ²³but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I ^(S)have had for many years a longing to come to you ²⁴whenever I ^(T)go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing, and to be ^(U)helped on my way there by you, when I have first ^(V)enjoyed your company ^[f]for a while— ²⁵but now, ^(W)I am going to Jerusalem, ^(X)serving the ^[g]saints. ²⁶For ^(Y)Macedonia and ^(Z)Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the ^[h]saints in Jerusalem. ²⁷For they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For ^(AA)if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to do them a service also in material things. ²⁸Therefore, when I have finished this, and ^(AB)have ^[i]put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will ^(AC)go on by way of you to Spain. ²⁹I know that when ^(AD)I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

³⁰Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ^(AE)the love of the Spirit, to ^(AF)strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, ³¹that I may be ^(AG)rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my ^(AH)service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the ^[j]^(AI)saints; ³²so that ^(AJ)I may come to you in joy by ^(AK)the will of God and relax in your company. ³³Now ^(AL)the God of peace be with you all. Amen.