Psalm 95–96

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

Psalm 96^af

KING OF THE EARTH

¹Sing a new song to the Lord;

let the whole earth sing to the Lord.^ag

²Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

proclaim his salvation from day to day.^ah

³Declare his glory among the nations,

his wondrous works among all peoples.^a

⁴For the Lord is great and is highly praised;

he is feared above all gods.^b

⁵For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,

but the Lord made the heavens.^c

⁶Splendor and majesty are before him;

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.^d

⁷Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.^e

⁸Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;^f

bring an offering and enter his courts.^g

⁹Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;^h

let the whole earth tremble before him.ⁱ

¹⁰Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.^j

The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.^k

He judges the peoples fairly.”^l

¹¹Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;

let the sea and all that fills it resound.^m

¹²Let the fields and everything in them celebrate.

Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joyⁿ

¹³before 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.^o