The King Rejoices in the Lord's Strength

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

21 O Lord, in your (A)strength the king rejoices,
    and in your (B)salvation how greatly he exults!

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looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (B)the shame, and (C)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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saying, “Where is he who has been born (A)king of the Jews? For we saw (B)his star when it rose[a] and have come to (C)worship him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:2 Or in the east; also verse 9

On God rests my (A)salvation and my glory;
    my mighty rock, (B)my refuge is God.

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The Lord is my strength and (A)my shield;
    in him my heart (B)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my (C)song I give thanks to him.

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14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
    (A)he has become my salvation.
15 Glad songs of salvation
    are in the tents of the righteous:
(B)“The right hand of the Lord (C)does valiantly,

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(A)The King in his might (B)loves justice.[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
    let us (A)make a joyful noise to (B)the rock of our salvation!

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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18 So even to (A)old age and gray hairs,
    O God, (B)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
    your power to all those to come.
19 Your (C)righteousness, O God,
    reaches the high heavens.
You who have done (D)great things,
    O God, (E)who is like you?
20 You who have (F)made me see many troubles and calamities
    will (G)revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
    you will bring me up again.
21 You will increase my greatness
    and comfort me again.

22 I will also praise you with (H)the harp
    for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
    O (I)Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy,
    when I sing praises to you;
    my soul also, which you have (J)redeemed.
24 And my (K)tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been (L)put to shame and disappointed
    who sought to do me hurt.

Give the King Your Justice

Of (M)Solomon.

72 Give the king your (N)justice, O God,
    and your righteousness to the royal son!
May he (O)judge your people with righteousness,
    and your poor with justice!

11 But (A)the king shall rejoice in God;
    all who (B)swear by him shall exult,
    (C)for the mouths of (D)liars will be stopped.

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16 But I will sing of your strength;
    I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me (A)a fortress
    and (B)a refuge in (C)the day of my distress.
17 O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
    for you, O God, (D)are my fortress,
    (E)the God who shows me steadfast love.

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O Lord, save (A)the king!
    May he answer us when we call.

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May we shout for joy over (A)your salvation,
    and in the name of our God set up our (B)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with (C)the saving might of his right hand.

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“As for me, I have (A)set my King
    on (B)Zion, my (C)holy hill.”

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

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