Psalm 94-96

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.^(D)
5 Lord, they crush your people;
they oppress your heritage.^(E)
6 They kill the widow and the resident alien
and murder the fatherless.^(F)
7 They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”^(G)

⁸ Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?^(H)
9 Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,
the one who formed the eye not see?^(I)
10 The one who instructs nations,
the one who teaches mankind knowledge—
does he not discipline?^(J)
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of mankind;
they are futile.^(K)

¹² Lord, how happy is anyone you discipline
and teach from your law^(L)
13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.^(M)
14 The Lord will not leave his people
or abandon his heritage,^(N)
15 for the administration of justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow^[a] it.^(O)

¹⁶ Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?^(P)
17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.^(Q)
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
your faithful love will support me, Lord.^(R)
19 When I am filled with cares,
your comfort brings me joy.^(S)

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne be your ally,
a throne that makes evil laws?^(T)
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.^(U)
22 But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.^(V)
23 He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.^(W)

³ For the Lord is a great God,
a great King above all gods.^(Z)
4 The depths of the earth are in his hand,
and the mountain peaks are his.^(AA)
5 The sea is his; he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.^(AB)

⁶ Come, let’s worship and bow down;
let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.^(AC)
7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep under his care.^[b](AD)
Today, if you hear his voice:^(AE)
8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness^(AF)
9 where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.^(AG)
10 For forty years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know my ways.”^(AH)
11 So I swore in my anger,
“They will not enter my rest.”^(AI)

⁴ For the Lord is great and is highly praised;
he is feared above all gods.^(AN)
5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.^(AO)
6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.^(AP)

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.^(AQ)
8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;^(AR)
bring an offering and enter his courts.^(AS)
9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;^(AT)
let the whole earth tremble before him.^(AU)

¹⁰ Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.^(AV)
The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.^(AW)
He judges the peoples fairly.”^(AX)
11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and all that fills it resound.^(AY)
12 Let the fields and everything in them celebrate.
Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy^(AZ)
13 before the Lord, for he is coming—
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with his faithfulness.^(BA)