A Call to Worship and Obey

95 Come, let us sing for joy to Yahweh;

let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving;

with songs let us shout joyfully to him.

3 For Yahweh is thea great God,

and the great king over all gods,

4 in whose hand are the unexplored placesb of the earth,

and the heights of the mountains are his,

5 to whom belongs the sea that he made, c

and the dry land that his hands formed.

6 Come in, let us worship and bow down;

let us kneel before Yahweh, our maker.

7 For he is our God,

and we are the people of his pasture

and the sheep of his hand.

⌊Today⌋d if you will hear his voice:e

8 “Do not harden your heart as at Meribah,

as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

9 when your ancestorsf tried me.

They put me to the test,

even though they had seen my work.

10 For forty years I loathed that generation,

and said, ‘They are a people whose heart wanders.

And my ways they do not know.’

11 Therefore I swore in my anger,

‘They shall surely not enter into my rest.’ ”

Yahweh the King Comes in Judgment

96 Sing toa Yahweh a new song;

sing tob Yahweh, all the earth.

2 Sing toc Yahweh; bless his name.

Announced his salvation from day to day.

3 Tell his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples.

4 For Yahweh is great and very worthy of praise;

he is to be feared above all gods.

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

but Yahweh made the heavens.

6 Splendor and majesty are before him;

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of the peoples,

ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

8 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due his name;

bring an offering and come into his courts.

9 Worship Yahweh in holy array;

tremble before him, all the earth.

10 Say among the nations, “Yahweh is king!

Yes, the world is established so that it will not be moved.

He will judge the peoples fairly.”

11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice.

Let the sea withf its fullness roar.

12 Let the field withg all that is in it exult.

Then all the trees of the forests will sing for joy

13 before Yahweh, 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.

Yahweh’s Glorious Reign

97 Yahweh is king! Let the earth rejoice;

let many coastlands be glad.

2 Cloud and thick darkness are surrounding him;

righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3 Fire goes before him,

and devours his enemies round about.

4 His lightnings light the world;

the earth sees and trembles.

5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh,

at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

6 The heavens declare his righteousness,

and all the peoples see his glory.

7 Let all who serve an image be ashamed,

those who boast about idols.a

Worship him, all you gods.

8 Zion hears and is glad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice

because of your judgments, O Yahweh.

9 For you, O Yahweh, are most high over all the earth.

You are highlyb exalted above all gods.

10 You who love Yahweh, hate evil.

He protects the lives of his faithful;

he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11 Light is sown for the righteous,

and joy for the upright in heart.

12 Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous,

and give thanks ⌊to his holy name⌋.c