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Psalm 98

Praise the Judge of the World

A Psalm.

O sing to the Lord a new song,
    for he has done marvelous things.
His right hand and his holy arm
    have gotten him victory.(A)
The Lord has made known his victory;
    he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.(B)
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
    the victory of our God.(C)

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    break forth into joyous song and sing praises.(D)
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the sound of melody.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
    make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.(E)

Let the sea roar and all that fills it,
    the world and those who live in it.(F)
Let the floods clap their hands;
    let the hills sing together for joy(G)
at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
    to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(H)

Psalm 99

Praise to God for His Holiness

The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble!
    He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!(A)
The Lord is great in Zion;
    he is exalted over all the peoples.(B)
Let them praise your great and awesome name.
    Holy is he!
Mighty King,[a] lover of justice,
    you have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.(C)
Extol the Lord our God;
    worship at his footstool.
    Holy is he!(D)

Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
    Samuel also was among those who called on his name.
    They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.(E)
He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
    they kept his decrees
    and the statutes that he gave them.(F)

O Lord our God, you answered them;
    you were a forgiving God to them
    but an avenger of their wrongdoings.(G)
Extol the Lord our God,
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.(H)

Footnotes

  1. 99.4 Cn: Heb And a king’s strength

Psalm 100

All Lands Summoned to Praise God

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.(A)
    Serve the Lord with gladness;
    come into his presence with singing.

Know that the Lord is God.
    It is he who made us, and we are his;[a]
    we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.(B)

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise.
    Give thanks to him; bless his name.(C)

For the Lord is good;
    his steadfast love endures forever
    and his faithfulness to all generations.(D)

Footnotes

  1. 100.3 Or and not we ourselves

Psalm 104

God the Creator and Provider

Bless the Lord, O my soul.
    O Lord my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty,(A)
    wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(B)
    you set the beams of your[a] chambers on the waters;
you make the clouds your[b] chariot;
    you ride on the wings of the wind;(C)
you make the winds your[c] messengers,
    fire and flame your[d] ministers.(D)

You set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it shall never be shaken.(E)
You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.(F)
At your rebuke they flee;
    at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys,
    to the place that you appointed for them.(G)
You set a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they might not again cover the earth.(H)

10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills,(I)
11 giving drink to every wild animal;
    the wild asses quench their thirst.(J)
12 By the streams[e] the birds of the air have their habitation;
    they sing among the branches.(K)
13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.(L)

14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
    and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth(M)
15     and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
    and bread to strengthen the human heart.(N)
16 The trees of the field[f] are watered abundantly,
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has its home in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.(O)
19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
    the sun knows its time for setting.(P)
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.(Q)
21 The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.(R)
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
    and lie down in their dens.
23 People go out to their work
    and to their labor until the evening.(S)

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In wisdom you have made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.(T)
25 There is the sea, great and wide;
    creeping things innumerable are there,
    living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships
    and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.(U)

27 These all look to you
    to give them their food in due season;(V)
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
    when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die
    and return to their dust.(W)
30 When you send forth your spirit,[g] they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.(X)

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works—(Y)
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
    who touches the mountains and they smoke.(Z)
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.(AA)
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!(AB)

Footnotes

  1. 104.3 Heb his
  2. 104.3 Heb his
  3. 104.4 Heb his
  4. 104.4 Heb his
  5. 104.12 Heb By them
  6. 104.16 Gk: Heb trees of the Lord
  7. 104.30 Or your breath