Psalm 94–96

PSALM 94

The Lord Implored to Avenge His People.

¹O Lord, God of ^1avengeance,

God of vengeance, ^2bshine forth!

^2aRise up, O ^bJudge of the earth,

Render recompense ^cto the proud.

³How long shall the wicked, O Lord,

How long shall the ^awicked exult?

⁴They pour forth words, they ^aspeak arrogantly;

All who do wickedness ^bvaunt themselves.

⁵They ^acrush Your people, O Lord,

And ^bafflict Your heritage.

⁶They ^aslay the widow and the ¹stranger

And murder the orphans.

^7aThey have said, “¹The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”

⁸Pay heed, you ^asenseless among the people;

And when will you understand, stupid ones?

⁹He who ^aplanted the ear, ¹does He not hear?

He who formed the eye, does He not see?

¹⁰He who ^1achastens the nations, will He not rebuke,

Even He who ^bteaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord ^aknows the thoughts of man,

¹That they are a mere breath.

¹²Blessed is the man whom ^aYou chasten, O ¹Lord,

And ^bwhom You teach out of Your law;

¹³That You may grant him ^arelief from the ^bdays of adversity,

Until ^ca pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For ^athe Lord will not abandon His people,

Nor will He ^bforsake His inheritance.

¹⁵For ^1ajudgment ²will again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart ³will follow it.

¹⁶Who will ^astand up for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me ^bagainst those who do wickedness?

¹⁷If ^athe Lord had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

¹⁸If I should say, “^aMy foot has slipped,”

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.

¹⁹When my anxious thoughts ¹multiply within me,

Your ^aconsolations delight my soul.

²⁰Can a ^1athrone of destruction be allied with You,

One ^bwhich devises ²mischief by decree?

²¹They ^aband themselves together against the ¹life of the righteous

And ^bcondemn ²the innocent to death.

²²But the Lord has been my ^astronghold,

And my God the ^brock of my refuge.

²³He has ^abrought back their wickedness upon them

And will ^1bdestroy them in their evil;

The Lord our God will destroy them.

PSALM 95

Praise to the Lord, and Warning against Unbelief.

¹O come, let us ^asing for joy to the Lord,

Let us shout joyfully to ^bthe rock of our salvation.

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

Let us shout joyfully to Him ^cwith ²psalms.

³For the Lord 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 the Lord our ^cMaker.

⁷For He is our God,

And ^awe are the people of His ^1bpasture and the sheep of His hand.

^cToday, ²if you would hear His voice,

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

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

⁹“When your fathers ^atested Me,

They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

¹⁰“For ^aforty years I loathed that generation,

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

And they do not know My ways.

¹¹“Therefore I ^aswore in My anger,

Truly they shall not enter into My ^brest.”

PSALM 96

A Call to Worship the Lord the Righteous Judge.

^1aSing to the Lord a ^bnew song;

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

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

³Tell of ^aHis glory among the nations,

His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

⁴For ^agreat is the Lord and ^bgreatly to be praised;

He is to be ^cfeared ^dabove all gods.

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

But ^bthe Lord made the heavens.

^6aSplendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

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

^bAscribe to the Lord glory and strength.

⁸¹Ascribe to the Lord the ^aglory of His name;

Bring an ^2boffering and come into His courts.

^9aWorship the Lord in ¹holy attire;

^bTremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the nations, “^aThe Lord reigns;

Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved;

He will ^bjudge the peoples with ¹equity.”

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

Let ^cthe sea ¹roar, and ²all it contains;

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

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

¹³Before the Lord, ^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.