Psalm 95–96

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.