Psalm 94–96

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94O Lord, God of ^pvengeance,

O God of vengeance, ^qshine forth!

^2rRise up, O ^sjudge of the earth;

repay to the ^tproud what they deserve!

³O Lord, ^uhow long shall the wicked,

how long shall ^vthe wicked exult?

⁴They pour out their ^warrogant words;

all ^xthe evildoers boast.

⁵They ^ycrush your people, O Lord,

and afflict your heritage.

⁶They kill ^zthe widow and the sojourner,

and murder ^zthe fatherless;

^7aand they say, “The Lord does not see;

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

^8bUnderstand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

^9cHe who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

¹⁰He who ^ddisciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who ^eteaches man knowledge—

^11fthe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are ^gbut a breath.¹

^12hBlessed is the man whom you ⁱdiscipline, O Lord,

and whom you teach out of your law,

¹³to give him ^jrest from ^kdays of trouble,

until ^la pit is dug for the wicked.

^14mFor the Lord will not forsake his ⁿpeople;

he will not abandon his ⁿheritage;

¹⁵for ^ojustice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will ^pfollow it.

^16qWho rises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

^17rIf the Lord had not been my help,

my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^ssilence.

¹⁸When I thought, ^t“My foot slips,”

your steadfast love, O Lord, ^uheld me up.

¹⁹When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

²⁰Can ^wwicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame² injustice by ^xstatute?

²¹They ^yband together against the life of the righteous

and condemn ^zthe innocent to death.³

²²But the Lord has become my ^astronghold,

and my God ^bthe rock of my ^crefuge.

²³He will bring back on them ^dtheir iniquity

and ^ewipe them out for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

95Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;

let us ^fmake a joyful noise to ^gthe rock of our salvation!

²Let us ^hcome into his presence with thanksgiving;

let us ^fmake a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

³For the Lord is ⁱa great God,

and a great King ^jabove all gods.

⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth;

the heights of the mountains are his also.

⁵The sea is his, for ^khe made it,

and his hands formed ^kthe dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us ^lkneel before the Lord, our ^mMaker!

⁷For he is our ⁿGod,

and we are the people of his ^opasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

^pToday, if you ^qhear his voice,

^8rdo not harden your hearts, as at ^sMeribah,

as on the day at ^tMassah in the wilderness,

⁹when your fathers put me to the ^utest

and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ^vwork.

^10wFor forty years I loathed that generation

and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,

and they have not known ^xmy ways.”

¹¹Therefore I ^yswore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter ^zmy rest.”

Worship in the Splendor of Holiness

96^aOh sing to the Lord ^ba new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

²Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

^ctell of his salvation from day to day.

³Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

⁴For ^dgreat is the Lord, and ^egreatly to be praised;

he is to be feared above ^fall gods.

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

but the Lord ^gmade the heavens.

⁶Splendor and majesty are before him;

^hstrength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

⁷Ascribe to the Lord, O ⁱfamilies of the peoples,

^jascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

⁸Ascribe to the Lord ^kthe glory due his name;

bring ^lan offering, and ^mcome into his courts!

⁹Worship the Lord in ⁿthe splendor of holiness;¹

^otremble before him, all the earth!

¹⁰Say among the nations, ^p“The Lord reigns!

Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

he will ^qjudge the peoples with equity.”

¹¹Let ^rthe heavens be glad, and let ^sthe earth rejoice;

let ^tthe sea roar, and all that fills it;

¹²let ^uthe field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all ^vthe trees of the forest sing for joy

¹³before the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes ^wto judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.