Psalm 99-102

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴ The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.^(F)
5 Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at His footstool.^(G)
He is holy.^(H)

⁶ Moses and Aaron were among His priests;^(I)
Samuel also was among those calling on His name.
They called to Yahweh and He answered them.^(J)
7 He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;^(K)
they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
⁸ Lord our God, You answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,^(L)
an avenger of their sinful actions.^(M)

⁹ Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at His holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.^(N)

⁵ I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;^(Y)
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.^(Z)
6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.^(AA)
7 No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.^[c](AB)
8 Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
eliminating all evildoers from the Lord’s city.^(AC)

³ For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.^(AG)
4 My heart is afflicted, withered like grass;^(AH)
I even forget to eat my food.^(AI)
5 Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.^(AJ)
6 I am like a desert owl,^[d]
like an owl among the ruins.^(AK)
7 I stay awake;^(AL)
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
⁸ My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and curse me.^(AM)
9 I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears^(AN)
10 because of Your indignation and wrath;
for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.^(AO)
11 My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.^(AP)

¹² But You, Lord, are enthroned forever;^(AQ)
Your fame endures to all generations.^(AR)
13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her—
the appointed time has come.^(AS)
14 For Your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.^(AT)

¹⁵ Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh,
and all the kings of the earth Your glory,^(AU)
16 for the Lord will rebuild Zion;
He will appear in His glory.^(AV)
17 He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.^(AW)

¹⁸ This will be written for a later generation,
and a newly created people will praise the Lord:^(AX)
19 He looked down from His holy heights—
the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth^(AY)—
²⁰ to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
to set free those condemned to die,^[e](AZ)
21 so that they might declare
the name of Yahweh in Zion
and His praise in Jerusalem,^(BA)
22 when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
to serve the Lord.^(BB)

²³ He has broken my^[f] strength in midcourse;
He has shortened my days.^(BC)
24 I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!^[g]
Your years continue through all generations.^(BD)
25 Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.^(BE)
26 They will perish, but You will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.^(BF)
27 But You are the same,
and Your years will never end.^(BG)
28 Your servants’ children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before You.”^(BH)