Psalm 98-103

English Standard Version

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

98 Oh sing to the Lord ^(A)a new song,
    for he has done ^(B)marvelous things!
His ^(C)right hand and his holy arm
    have worked salvation for him.
²The Lord has ^(D)made known his salvation;
    he has ^(E)revealed his righteousness in ^(F)the sight of the nations.
³He has ^(G)remembered his ^(H)steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All ^(I)the ends of the earth have seen
    ^(J)the salvation of our God.

⁴^(K)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    ^(L)break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
⁵Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the ^(M)sound of melody!
⁶With ^(N)trumpets and the sound of ^(O)the horn
    ^(P)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

⁷^(Q)Let the sea roar, and ^(R)all that fills it;
    ^(S)the world and those who dwell in it!
⁸Let the rivers ^(T)clap their hands;
    let ^(U)the hills sing for joy together
⁹before the Lord, for he comes
    to ^(V)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
    and the peoples with equity.

The Lord Our God Is Holy

99 ^(W)The Lord reigns; ^(X)let the peoples tremble!
    He ^(Y)sits enthroned upon the cherubim; ^(Z)let the earth quake!
²The Lord is ^(AA)great in Zion;
    he is ^(AB)exalted over all the peoples.
³Let them praise your ^(AC)great and awesome name!
    ^(AD)Holy is he!
⁴^(AE)The King in his might ^(AF)loves justice.^[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.
⁵^(AG)Exalt the Lord our God;
    ^(AH)worship at his ^(AI)footstool!
    ^(AJ)Holy is he!

⁶^(AK)Moses and Aaron were among his ^(AL)priests,
    Samuel also was among those who ^(AM)called upon his name.
    They ^(AN)called to the Lord, and he answered them.
⁷In ^(AO)the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
    they ^(AP)kept his testimonies
    and the statute that he gave them.

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

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for ^(AT)giving thanks.

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

³Know that ^(AX)the Lord, he is God!
It is he who ^(AY)made us, and ^(AZ)we are his;^[b]
we are his ^(BA)people, and ^(BB)the sheep of his pasture.

⁴^(BC)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his ^(BD)courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; ^(BE)bless his name!

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

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of ^(BH)steadfast love and justice;
    to you, O Lord, I will make music.
²I will ^(BI)ponder the way ^(BJ)that is blameless.
    Oh when will you ^(BK)come to me?
I will ^(BL)walk with ^(BM)integrity of heart
    within my house;
³I will not set before my eyes
    anything ^(BN)that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who ^(BO)fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.
⁴^(BP)A perverse heart shall be far from me;
    I will ^(BQ)know nothing of evil.

⁵Whoever slanders his neighbor ^(BR)secretly
I will ^(BS)destroy.
Whoever has a ^(BT)haughty look and an ^(BU)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 ^(BV)the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.

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

⁸^(BY)Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
^(BZ)cutting off all ^(CA)the evildoers
from ^(CB)the city of the Lord.

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

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

102 ^(CE)Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry ^(CF)come to you!
²^(CG)Do not hide your face from me
in ^(CH)the day of my distress!
^(CI)Incline your ear to me;
^(CJ)answer me speedily ^(CK)in the day when I call!

³For my days ^(CL)pass away like smoke,
    and my ^(CM)bones burn like a furnace.
⁴My heart is ^(CN)struck down like grass and ^(CO)has withered;
    I ^(CP)forget to eat my bread.
⁵Because of my loud groaning
    my ^(CQ)bones cling to my flesh.
⁶I am like ^(CR)a desert owl of the wilderness,
    like an owl^[c] of the waste places;
⁷I ^(CS)lie awake;
    I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
⁸All the day my enemies taunt me;
    those who ^(CT)deride me ^(CU)use my name for a curse.
⁹For I eat ashes like bread
    and ^(CV)mingle tears with my drink,
¹⁰because of your indignation and anger;
    for you have ^(CW)taken me up and ^(CX)thrown me down.
¹¹My days are like ^(CY)an evening shadow;
    I ^(CZ)wither away like grass.

¹²But you, O Lord, are ^(DA)enthroned forever;
    you ^(DB)are remembered throughout all generations.
¹³You will ^(DC)arise and have ^(DD)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    ^(DE)the appointed time has come.
¹⁴For your servants hold her ^(DF)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.
¹⁵Nations will ^(DG)fear the name of the Lord,
    and all ^(DH)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord ^(DI)builds up Zion;
    he ^(DJ)appears in his glory;
¹⁷he ^(DK)regards the prayer of the destitute
    and does not despise their prayer.

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

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

²⁵^(DW)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and ^(DX)the heavens are the work of your hands.
²⁶^(DY)They will perish, but ^(DZ)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 ^(EA)you are the same, and your years have no end.
²⁸^(EB)The children of your servants ^(EC)shall dwell secure;
    ^(ED)their offspring shall be established before you.

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Of David.

103 ^(EE)Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and all that is within me,
    bless his holy name!
²^(EF)Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and ^(EG)forget not all his benefits,
³who ^(EH)forgives all your iniquity,
    who ^(EI)heals all your diseases,
⁴who ^(EJ)redeems your life from the pit,
    who ^(EK)crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵who ^(EL)satisfies you with good
    so that your youth is renewed like ^(EM)the eagle's.

⁶The Lord works ^(EN)righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷He made known his ^(EO)ways to Moses,
    his ^(EP)acts to the people of Israel.
⁸The Lord is ^(EQ)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹^(ER)He will not always chide,
    nor will he ^(ES)keep his anger forever.
¹⁰He does not deal with us ^(ET)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For ^(EU)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his ^(EV)steadfast love toward ^(EW)those who fear him;
¹²as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he ^(EX)remove our transgressions from us.
¹³As ^(EY)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion ^(EZ)to those who fear him.
¹⁴For he knows our frame;^[d]
    he ^(FA)remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like ^(FB)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(FC)a flower of the field;
¹⁶for ^(FD)the wind passes over it, and ^(FE)it is gone,
    and ^(FF)its place knows it no more.
¹⁷But ^(FG)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^(FH)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to ^(FI)children's children,
¹⁸to those who ^(FJ)keep his covenant
    and ^(FK)remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹The Lord has ^(FL)established his throne in the heavens,
    and his ^(FM)kingdom rules over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, O you ^(FN)his angels,
    you ^(FO)mighty ones who ^(FP)do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!
²¹Bless the Lord, all his ^(FQ)hosts,
    his ^(FR)ministers, who do his will!
²²^(FS)Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
^(FT)Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Footnotes

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
Psalm 103:14 Or knows how we are formed

2 Corinthians 7

English Standard Version

7 Since we have these promises, beloved, ^(A)let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body^[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Paul's Joy

²^(B)Make room in your hearts^[b] for us. ^(C)We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. ³I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that ^(D)you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. ⁴I am acting with ^(E)great boldness toward you; ^(F)I have great pride in you; ^(G)I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

⁵For even ^(H)when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—^(I)fighting without and fear within. ⁶But ^(J)God, who comforts the downcast, ^(K)comforted us by the coming of Titus, ⁷and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more. ⁸For ^(L)even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though ^(M)I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. ⁹As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but ^(N)because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

¹⁰For ^(O)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas ^(P)worldly grief produces death. ¹¹For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, ^(Q)what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter. ¹²So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one ^(R)who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. ¹³Therefore ^(S)we are comforted.

And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit ^(T)has been refreshed by you all. ¹⁴For ^(U)whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you ^(V)was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true. ¹⁵And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers ^(W)the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling. ¹⁶I rejoice, because I have complete ^(X)confidence in you.