Psalm 99–101

Psalm 99

THE KING IS HOLY

¹The Lord reigns! Let the peoples tremble.

He is enthroned between the cherubim.^g

Let the earth quake.^h

²The Lord is great in Zion;

he is exalted above all the peoples.ⁱ

³Let them praise your great

and awe-inspiring name.^j

He is holy.^k

⁴The mighty King loves justice.

You have established fairness;

you have administered justice

and righteousness in Jacob.^l

⁵Exalt the Lord our God;

bow in worship at his footstool.^m

He is holy.ⁿ

⁶Moses and Aaron were among his priests;^o

Samuel also was among those calling on his name.

They called to the Lord and he answered them.^p

⁷He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;^q

they kept his decrees and the statutes he gave them.

⁸Lord our God, you answered them.

You were a forgiving God to them,^r

but an avenger of their sinful actions.^s

⁹Exalt the Lord our God;

bow in worship at his holy mountain,

for the Lord our God is holy.^t

Psalm 100

BE THANKFUL

A psalm of thanksgiving.

¹Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the Lord!^u

²Serve the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.^v

³Acknowledge that the Lord is God.

He made us, and we are his^Aw—

his people, the sheep of his pasture.^x

⁴Enter his gates with thanksgiving^y

and his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him and bless his name.^z

⁵For the Lord is good, and his faithful love endures forever;

his faithfulness, through all generations.

Psalm 101

A VOW OF INTEGRITY

A psalm of David.

¹I will sing of faithful love and justice;

I will sing praise to you, Lord.^aa

²I will pay attention to the way of integrity.

When will you come to me?

I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.^ab

³I will not let anything worthless guide me.^A

I hate the practice of transgression;

it will not cling to me.^ac

⁴A devious heart will be far from me;

I will not be involved with^B evil.^ad

⁵I will destroy anyone

who secretly slanders his neighbor;^ae

I cannot tolerate anyone

with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.^af

⁶My eyes favor the faithful of the land

so that they may sit down with me.

The one who follows the way of integrity

may serve me.^a

⁷No one who acts deceitfully

will live in my palace;

the one who tells lies

will not be retained here to guide me.^Cb

⁸Every morning I will destroy

all the wicked of the land,

wiping out all evildoers from the Lord’s city.^c