Chronological

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

⁶ Come, let’s worship and bow down;
let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.^(F)
7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep under his care.^[a](G)
Today, if you hear his voice:^(H)
8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness^(I)
9 where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.^(J)
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.”^(K)
11 So I swore in my anger,
“They will not enter my rest.”^(L)

² Clouds and total darkness surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.^(B)
3 Fire goes before him
and burns up his foes on every side.^(C)
4 His lightning lights up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.^(D)
5 The mountains melt like wax
at the presence of the Lord—
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.^(E)

⁶ The heavens proclaim his righteousness;^(F)
all the peoples see his glory.^(G)

⁷ All who serve carved images,
those who boast in worthless idols, will be put to shame.^(H)
All the gods^[a] must worship him.^(I)

⁸ Zion hears and is glad,
Judah’s villages^[b] rejoice
because of your judgments, Lord.^(J)
9 For you, Lord,
are the Most High over the whole earth;
you are exalted above all the gods.^(K)

¹⁰ You who love the Lord, hate evil!^(L)
He protects the lives of his faithful ones;^(M)
he rescues them from the power of the wicked.^(N)
11 Light dawns^[c][d] for the righteous,
gladness for the upright in heart.^(O)
12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.^[e](P)

⁴ Let the whole earth shout to the Lord;
be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.^(U)
5 Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.^(V)
6 With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn
shout triumphantly
in the presence of the Lord, our King.^(W)

⁷ Let the sea and all that fills it,
the world and those who live in it, resound.^(X)
8 Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy^(Y)
9 before the Lord,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.^(Z)

⁴ The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
you have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.^(AF)
5 Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at his footstool.^(AG)
He is holy.^(AH)

⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests;^(AI)
Samuel also was among those calling on his name.
They called to the Lord and he answered them.^(AJ)
7 He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;^(AK)
they kept his decrees and the statutes he gave them.
⁸ Lord our God, you answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,^(AL)
but an avenger of their sinful actions.^(AM)

⁹ Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at his holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.^(AN)