Psalm 95–96

PSALM 95

Let Us Kneel Before Yahweh Our Maker

¹Oh come, let us ^asing for joy to Yahweh,

Let us make a loud shout to ^bthe rock of our salvation.

²Let us ^acome before His presence ^bwith ¹thanksgiving,

Let us make a loud shout to Him ^cwith songs of praise.

³For Yahweh is a ^agreat God

And a great King ^babove all gods,

⁴In whose hand are the ^adepths of the earth,

The peaks of the mountains are His also.

⁵¹The sea is His, for it was He ^awho made it,

And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come, let us ^aworship and bow down,

Let us ^bkneel before Yahweh our ^cMaker.

⁷For He is our God,

And ^awe are the people of His ^bpasture and the sheep of His hand.

^cToday, ¹if you hear His voice,

⁸Do not harden your hearts, as at ^1aMeribah,

As in the day of ^2bMassah in the wilderness,

⁹“When your fathers ^atried Me,

They tested Me, though they had seen My work.

¹⁰“For ^aforty years I loathed that generation,

And said they are a people who wander in their heart,

And they do not know My ways.

¹¹“Therefore I ^aswore in My anger,

They shall never enter into My ^brest.”

PSALM 96

Ascribe to Yahweh Glory and Strength

^1aSing to Yahweh a ^bnew song;

Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.

²Sing to Yahweh, bless His name;

^aProclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

³Recount ^aHis glory among the nations,

His wondrous deeds among all the peoples.

⁴For ^agreat is Yahweh and ^bgreatly to be praised;

He is ¹more ^2cfearsome ^dthan all gods.

⁵For ^aall the gods of the peoples are ¹idols,

But ^bYahweh made the heavens.

^6aSplendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

⁷¹Ascribe to Yahweh, O ^afamilies of the peoples,

^2bAscribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

⁸Ascribe to Yahweh the ^aglory of His name;

Lift up ¹an ^boffering and come into His courts.

^9aWorship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness;

^bTremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the nations, “^aYahweh ¹reigns;

Indeed, the ^bworld is established, it will not be shaken;

He will ^crender justice to the peoples with ²equity.”

¹¹Let the ^aheavens be glad, and let the ^bearth rejoice;

Let ^cthe sea ¹roar, as well as its fullness;

¹²Let the ^afield exult, and all that is in it.

Then all the ^btrees of the forest will sing for joy

¹³Before Yahweh, ^afor He is coming,

For He is coming to judge the earth.

^bHe will judge the world in righteousness

And the peoples in His faithfulness.