Chronological

¹ Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord.
Let us give a loud shout to the Rock who saves us.
² Let us approach his presence with thanksgiving.
With music we will shout to him.
³ For the Lord is the great God
and the great King above all gods.
⁴ He holds the unexplored places of the earth in his hand,
and the peaks of the mountains belong to him.
⁵ The sea belongs to him, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.

Today, if you hear his voice,
⁸ do not harden your hearts as they did at Meribah,
as they did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
⁹ where your fathers challenged me
and tested me though they had seen what I had done.
¹⁰ For forty years I was disgusted with that generation,
and I said, “They are a people who have hearts that stray.
They do not acknowledge my ways.”
¹¹ So I swore in my anger,
“They shall never enter my resting place.”

¹ The Lord reigns. Let the earth celebrate.
Let the many islands and coastlands rejoice.

² Clouds and deep darkness surround him.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
³ Fire goes out in front of him.
It burns up his foes all around him.
⁴ His lightning lights up the world.
The earth sees and writhes in pain.
⁵ The mountains melt like wax
    in the presence of the Lord,
    in the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
⁶ The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.

⁷ All who serve idols are put to shame,
those who boast in “nothings.”^[a]
Bow to him, all you gods!^[b]

⁸ Zion hears and rejoices,
and the daughters of Judah^[c] celebrate
    because of your judgments, O Lord.
⁹ For you, O Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
You are raised up far above all gods.
¹⁰ Let those who love the Lord hate evil.
He guards the lives of his favored ones.
He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
¹¹ Light rises^[d] for the righteous
and joy for the upright in heart.
¹² Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous,
and give thanks as you remember his holiness.

¹ Sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous things.
His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

² The Lord has made his salvation known.
He has revealed his righteousness to the eyes of the nations.
³ He has remembered his mercy and his faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴ Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Break out in joyful song! Make music!
⁵ Make music to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of music.
⁶ With trumpets and the sound of the ram’s horn
    shout for joy before the King, the Lord.

⁷ Let the sea roar, and everything that fills it,
the world, and all who live in it.
⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands.
Let the mountains sing for joy together before the Lord,
⁹ for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with fairness.^[e]

¹ The Lord reigns. Let the peoples tremble.
He is seated above the cherubim. Let the earth quake.
² The Lord is great in Zion. He is exalted over all the peoples.
³ Let them praise your name, great and awesome.

⁴ The King is mighty. He loves justice.
You, Lord,^[f] have established fairness.
In Jacob you carried out justice and righteousness.
⁵ Exalt the Lord our God and bow down before his footstool.

⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests.
Samuel was among those who call on his name.
They called on the Lord, and he answered them.
⁷ From within the pillar of cloud he spoke to them.
They kept his testimonies and the order that he gave them.
⁸ O Lord our God, you answered them.
For them you were a God who removes sin,
but you repaid them for their deeds.

⁹ Exalt the Lord our God,
and bow down before his holy mountain,
because the Lord our God is holy.