Psalm 95–96

Psalm 95

¹Come, let’s sing joyfully to the Lord. 

Let’s shout happily to the rock of our salvation. 

²Let’s come into his presence with a song of thanksgiving. 

Let’s shout happily to him with psalms. 

³The Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods. 

⁴In his hand are the deep places of the earth, 

and the mountain peaks are his. 

⁵The sea is his. 

He made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 

⁶Come, let’s worship and bow down. 

Let’s kneel in front of the Lord, our maker, 

⁷because he is our God 

and we are the people in his care, 

the flock that he leads. 

If only you would listen to him today! 

⁸“Do not be stubborn like ⸤my people were⸥ at Meribah, 

like the time at Massah in the desert. 

⁹Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there, 

although they had seen what I had done. 

¹⁰For 40 years I was disgusted with those people. 

So I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts continue to stray. 

They have not learned my ways.’ 

¹¹That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: 

‘They will never enter my place of rest!’ ” 

Psalm 96

¹Sing to the Lord a new song! 

Sing to the Lord, all the earth! 

²Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! 

Day after day announce that the Lord saves his people. 

³Tell people about his glory. 

Tell all the nations about his miracles. 

⁴The Lord is great! 

He should be highly praised. 

He should be feared more than all ⸤other⸥ gods 

⁵because all the gods of the nations are idols. 

The Lord made the heavens. 

⁶Splendor and majesty are in his presence. 

Strength and beauty are in his holy place. 

⁷Give to the Lord, you families of the nations. 

Give to the Lord glory and power. 

⁸Give to the Lord the glory he deserves. 

Bring an offering, and come into his courtyards. 

⁹Worship the Lord in ⸤his⸥ holy splendor. 

Tremble in his presence, all the earth! 

¹⁰Say to the nations, “The Lord rules as king!” 

The earth stands firm; it cannot be moved. 

He will judge people fairly. 

¹¹Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad. 

Let the sea and everything in it roar like thunder. 

¹²Let the fields and everything in them rejoice. 

Then all the trees in the forest will sing joyfully 

¹³in the Lord’s presence because he is coming. 

He is coming to judge the earth. 

He will judge the world with righteousness 

and its people with his truth.