Psalm 93–95

Psalm 93

GOD’S ETERNAL REIGN

¹The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;

the Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.

The world is firmly established;

it cannot be shaken.^y

²Your throne has been established

from the beginning;^C

you are from eternity.^z

³The floods have lifted up, Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their pounding waves.^aa

⁴Greater than the roar of a huge torrent—

the mighty breakers of the sea—

the Lord on high is majestic.^ab

⁵Lord, your testimonies are completely reliable;^ac

holiness adorns your house

for all the days to come.^ad

Psalm 94

THE JUST JUDGE

¹Lord, God of vengeance—

God of vengeance, shine!^ae

²Rise up, Judge of the earth;

repay the proud what they deserve.^af

³Lord, how long will the wicked—

how long will the wicked celebrate?^ag

⁴They pour out arrogant words;

all the evildoers boast.^ah

⁵Lord, they crush your people;

they oppress your heritage.^a

⁶They kill the widow and the resident alien

and murder the fatherless.^b

⁷They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.

The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”^c

⁸Pay attention, you stupid people!

Fools, when will you be wise?^d

⁹Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,

the one who formed the eye not see?^e

¹⁰The one who instructs nations,

the one who teaches mankind knowledge—

does he not discipline?^f

¹¹The Lord knows the thoughts of mankind;

they are futile.^g

¹²Lord, how happy is anyone you discipline

and teach from your law^h

¹³to give him relief from troubled times

until a pit is dug for the wicked.ⁱ

¹⁴The Lord will not leave his people

or abandon his heritage,^j

¹⁵for the administration of justice will again be righteous,

and all the upright in heart will follow^A it.^k

¹⁶Who stands up for me against the wicked?

Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?^l

¹⁷If the Lord had not been my helper,

I would soon rest in the silence of death.^m

¹⁸If I say, “My foot is slipping,”

your faithful love will support me, Lord.ⁿ

¹⁹When I am filled with cares,

your comfort brings me joy.^o

²⁰Can a corrupt throne be your ally,

a throne that makes evil laws?^p

²¹They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.^q

²²But the Lord is my refuge;

my God is the rock of my protection.^r

²³He will pay them back for their sins

and destroy them for their evil.

The Lord our God will destroy them.^s

Psalm 95

WORSHIP AND WARNING

¹Come, let’s shout joyfully to the Lord,

shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation!^t

²Let’s enter his presence with thanksgiving;

let’s shout triumphantly to him in song.^u

³For the Lord is a great God,

a great King above all gods.^v

⁴The depths of the earth are in his hand,

and the mountain peaks are his.^w

⁵The sea is his; he made it.

His hands formed the dry land.^x

⁶Come, let’s worship and bow down;

let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.^y

⁷For he is our God,

and we are the people of his pasture,

the sheep under his care.^Az

Today, if you hear his voice:^aa

⁸Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,

as on that day at Massah in the wilderness^ab

⁹where your ancestors tested me;

they tried me, though they had seen what I did.^ac

¹⁰For forty years I was disgusted with that generation;

I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;

they do not know my ways.”^ad

¹¹So I swore in my anger,

“They will not enter my rest.”^ae