Psalm 100–102

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

100A Psalm for ^ogiving thanks.

^1pMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

^2qServe the Lord with gladness!

^rCome into his presence with singing!

³Know that ^sthe Lord, he is God!

It is he who ^tmade us, and ^uwe are his;¹

we are his ^vpeople, and ^wthe sheep of his pasture.

^4xEnter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his ^ycourts with praise!

Give thanks to him; ^zbless his name!

^5aFor the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his ^bfaithfulness to all generations.

I Will Walk with Integrity

101A Psalm of David.

¹I will sing of ^csteadfast love and justice;

to you, O Lord, I will make music.

²I will ^dponder the way ^ethat is blameless.

Oh when will you ^fcome to me?

I will ^gwalk with ^hintegrity of heart

within my house;

³I will not set before my eyes

anything ⁱthat is worthless.

I hate the work of those who ^jfall away;

it shall not cling to me.

^4kA perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will ^lknow nothing of evil.

⁵Whoever slanders his neighbor ^msecretly

I will ⁿdestroy.

Whoever has a ^ohaughty look and an ^parrogant heart

I will not endure.

⁶I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,

that they may dwell with me;

he who walks in ^qthe way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

⁷No one who ^rpractices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall ^scontinue before my eyes.

^8tMorning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

^ucutting off all ^vthe evildoers

from ^wthe city of the Lord.

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

102A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is ^xfaint and ^ypours out his complaint before the Lord.

^1zHear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry ^acome to you!

^2bDo not hide your face from me

in ^cthe day of my distress!

^dIncline your ear to me;

^eanswer me speedily ^fin the day when I call!

³For my days ^gpass away like smoke,

and my ^hbones burn like a furnace.

⁴My heart is ⁱstruck down like grass and ^jhas withered;

I ^kforget to eat my bread.

⁵Because of my loud groaning

my ^lbones cling to my flesh.

⁶I am like ^ma desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl¹ of the waste places;

⁷I ⁿlie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

⁸All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who ^oderide me ^puse my name for a curse.

⁹For I eat ashes like bread

and ^qmingle tears with my drink,

¹⁰because of your indignation and anger;

for you have ^rtaken me up and ^sthrown me down.

¹¹My days are like ^tan evening shadow;

I ^jwither away like grass.

¹²But you, O Lord, are ^uenthroned forever;

you ^vare remembered throughout all generations.

¹³You will ^warise and have ^xpity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

^ythe appointed time has come.

¹⁴For your servants hold her ^zstones dear

and have pity on her dust.

¹⁵Nations will ^afear the name of the Lord,

and all ^bthe kings of the earth will fear your glory.

¹⁶For the Lord ^cbuilds up Zion;

he ^dappears in his glory;

¹⁷he ^eregards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

¹⁸Let this be ^frecorded for ^ga generation to come,

so that ^ha people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

¹⁹that he ⁱlooked down from his holy height;

from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

²⁰to hear ^jthe groans of the prisoners,

to set free ^kthose who were doomed to die,

²¹that they may ^ldeclare in Zion the name of the Lord,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

²²when ^mpeoples gather together,

and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

²³He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he ⁿhas shortened my days.

²⁴“O my God,” ^oI say, “take me not away

in the midst of my days—

^pyou whose years endure

throughout all generations!”

^25qOf old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and ^rthe heavens are the work of your hands.

^26sThey will perish, but ^tyou will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

²⁷but ^uyou are the same, and your years have no end.

^28vThe children of your servants ^wshall dwell secure;

^xtheir offspring shall be established before you.