Psalm 95

Come,(A) let us sing for joy(B) to the Lord;
    let us shout aloud(C) to the Rock(D) of our salvation.
Let us come before him(E) with thanksgiving(F)
    and extol him with music(G) and song.

For the Lord is the great God,(H)
    the great King(I) above all gods.(J)
In his hand are the depths of the earth,(K)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.(L)

Come, let us bow down(M) in worship,(N)
    let us kneel(O) before the Lord our Maker;(P)
for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,(Q)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
“Do not harden your hearts(R) as you did at Meribah,[a](S)
    as you did that day at Massah[b] in the wilderness,(T)
where your ancestors tested(U) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years(V) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,(W)
    and they have not known my ways.’(X)
11 So I declared on oath(Y) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”(Z)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
  2. Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.

Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)
Because I have sinned against him,
    I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(D)
until he pleads my case(E)
    and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(F)
    I will see his righteousness.(G)
10 Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,(H)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”(I)
My eyes will see her downfall;(J)
    even now she will be trampled(K) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

11 The day for building your walls(L) will come,
    the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
    from Assyria(M) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
    and from sea to sea
    and from mountain to mountain.(N)
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
    as the result of their deeds.(O)

Prayer and Praise

14 Shepherd(P) your people with your staff,(Q)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.[a](R)
Let them feed in Bashan(S) and Gilead(T)
    as in days long ago.(U)

15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
    I will show them my wonders.(V)

16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(W)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(X)
    and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick dust(Y) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(Z) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear(AA) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.
18 Who is a God(AB) like you,
    who pardons sin(AC) and forgives(AD) the transgression
    of the remnant(AE) of his inheritance?(AF)
You do not stay angry(AG) forever
    but delight to show mercy.(AH)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities(AI) into the depths of the sea.(AJ)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,(AK)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(AL)
    in days long ago.(AM)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel

26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.(A)

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(B)

27 “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered.’[a](C)

28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”(D)

29 Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”

30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice[b] you yourself will disown me three times.”(E)

31 But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you,(F) I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:27 Zech. 13:7
  2. Mark 14:30 Some early manuscripts do not have twice.

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