Psalm 99-102

English Standard Version

The Lord Our God Is Holy

99 ^(A)The Lord reigns; ^(B)let the peoples tremble!
    He ^(C)sits enthroned upon the cherubim; ^(D)let the earth quake!
²The Lord is ^(E)great in Zion;
    he is ^(F)exalted over all the peoples.
³Let them praise your ^(G)great and awesome name!
    ^(H)Holy is he!
⁴^(I)The King in his might ^(J)loves justice.^[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.
⁵^(K)Exalt the Lord our God;
    ^(L)worship at his ^(M)footstool!
    ^(N)Holy is he!

⁶^(O)Moses and Aaron were among his ^(P)priests,
    Samuel also was among those who ^(Q)called upon his name.
    They ^(R)called to the Lord, and he answered them.
⁷In ^(S)the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
    they ^(T)kept his testimonies
    and the statute that he gave them.

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

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for ^(X)giving thanks.

100 ^(Y)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
² ^(Z)Serve the Lord with gladness!
^(AA)Come into his presence with singing!

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

⁴^(AG)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his ^(AH)courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; ^(AI)bless his name!

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

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of ^(AL)steadfast love and justice;
    to you, O Lord, I will make music.
²I will ^(AM)ponder the way ^(AN)that is blameless.
    Oh when will you ^(AO)come to me?
I will ^(AP)walk with ^(AQ)integrity of heart
    within my house;
³I will not set before my eyes
    anything ^(AR)that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who ^(AS)fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.
⁴^(AT)A perverse heart shall be far from me;
    I will ^(AU)know nothing of evil.

⁵Whoever slanders his neighbor ^(AV)secretly
I will ^(AW)destroy.
Whoever has a ^(AX)haughty look and an ^(AY)arrogant heart
I will not endure.

⁶I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in ^(AZ)the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.

⁷No one who ^(BA)practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall ^(BB)continue before my eyes.

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

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is ^(BG)faint and ^(BH)pours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 ^(BI)Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry ^(BJ)come to you!
²^(BK)Do not hide your face from me
in ^(BL)the day of my distress!
^(BM)Incline your ear to me;
^(BN)answer me speedily ^(BO)in the day when I call!

³For my days ^(BP)pass away like smoke,
    and my ^(BQ)bones burn like a furnace.
⁴My heart is ^(BR)struck down like grass and ^(BS)has withered;
    I ^(BT)forget to eat my bread.
⁵Because of my loud groaning
    my ^(BU)bones cling to my flesh.
⁶I am like ^(BV)a desert owl of the wilderness,
    like an owl^[c] of the waste places;
⁷I ^(BW)lie awake;
    I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
⁸All the day my enemies taunt me;
    those who ^(BX)deride me ^(BY)use my name for a curse.
⁹For I eat ashes like bread
    and ^(BZ)mingle tears with my drink,
¹⁰because of your indignation and anger;
    for you have ^(CA)taken me up and ^(CB)thrown me down.
¹¹My days are like ^(CC)an evening shadow;
    I ^(CD)wither away like grass.

¹²But you, O Lord, are ^(CE)enthroned forever;
    you ^(CF)are remembered throughout all generations.
¹³You will ^(CG)arise and have ^(CH)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    ^(CI)the appointed time has come.
¹⁴For your servants hold her ^(CJ)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.
¹⁵Nations will ^(CK)fear the name of the Lord,
    and all ^(CL)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord ^(CM)builds up Zion;
    he ^(CN)appears in his glory;
¹⁷he ^(CO)regards the prayer of the destitute
    and does not despise their prayer.

¹⁸Let this be ^(CP)recorded for ^(CQ)a generation to come,
    so that ^(CR)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
¹⁹that he ^(CS)looked down from his holy height;
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
²⁰to hear ^(CT)the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free ^(CU)those who were doomed to die,
²¹that they may ^(CV)declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
    and in Jerusalem his praise,
²²when ^(CW)peoples gather together,
    and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

²³He has broken my strength in midcourse;
    he ^(CX)has shortened my days.
²⁴“O my God,” ^(CY)I say, “take me not away
    in the midst of my days—
^(CZ)you whose years endure
    throughout all generations!”

²⁵^(DA)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and ^(DB)the heavens are the work of your hands.
²⁶^(DC)They will perish, but ^(DD)you will remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
²⁷    but ^(DE)you are the same, and your years have no end.
²⁸^(DF)The children of your servants ^(DG)shall dwell secure;
    ^(DH)their offspring shall be established before you.

Notas al pie

Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice
Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
Psalm 102:6 The precise identity of these birds is uncertain

Romans 13

English Standard Version

Submission to the Authorities

13 Let every person ^(A)be subject to the governing authorities. For ^(B)there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. ²Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. ³For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you ^(C)will receive his approval, ⁴for ^(D)he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, ^(E)an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. ⁵Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also ^(F)for the sake of conscience. ⁶For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. ⁷^(G)Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Fulfilling the Law Through Love

⁸^(H)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for ^(I)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹For the commandments, ^(J)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ^(K)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore ^(L)love is the fulfilling of the law.

¹¹Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you ^(M)to wake from sleep. ^(N)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹²^(O)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us ^(P)cast off ^(Q)the works of darkness and ^(R)put on the armor of light. ¹³^(S)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, ^(T)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, ^(U)not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴But ^(V)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, ^(W)to gratify its desires.