Psalm 93–95

The Majesty of the Lord

93The Lord is king. He is clothed in majesty.

The Lord is clothed in majesty

and armed with strength.

The world is set,

and it cannot be moved.

²Lord, your kingdom was set up long ago;

you are everlasting.

³Lord, the seas raise,

the seas raise their voice.

The seas raise up their pounding waves.

⁴The sound of the water is loud;

the ocean waves are powerful,

but the Lord above is much greater.

⁵Lord, your laws will stand forever.

Your Temple will be holy forevermore.

God Will Pay Back His Enemies

94The Lord is a God who punishes.

God, show your greatness and punish!

²Rise up, Judge of the earth,

and give the proud what they deserve.

³How long will the wicked be happy?

How long, Lord?

⁴They are full of proud words;

those who do evil brag about what they have done.

⁵Lord, they crush your people

and make your children suffer.

⁶They kill widows and foreigners

and murder orphans.

⁷They say, “The Lord doesn’t see;

the God of Jacob doesn’t notice.”

⁸You stupid ones among the people, pay attention.

You fools, when will you understand?

⁹Can’t the creator of ears hear?

Can’t the maker of eyes see?

¹⁰Won’t the one who corrects nations punish you?

Doesn’t the teacher of people know everything?

¹¹The Lord knows what people think.

He knows their thoughts are just a puff of wind.

¹²Lord, those you correct are happy;

you teach them from your law.

¹³You give them rest from times of trouble

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴The Lord won’t leave his people

nor give up his children.

¹⁵Judgment will again be fair,

and all who are honest will follow it.

¹⁶Who will help me fight against the wicked?

Who will stand with me against those who do evil?

¹⁷If the Lord had not helped me,

I would have died in a minute.

¹⁸I said, “I am about to fall,”

but, Lord, your love kept me safe.

¹⁹I was very worried,

but you comforted me and made me happy.

²⁰Crooked leaders cannot be your friends.

They use the law to cause suffering.

²¹They join forces against people who do right

and sentence to death the innocent.

²²But the Lord is my defender;

my God is the rock of my protection.

²³God will pay them back for their sins

and will destroy them for their evil.

The Lord our God will destroy them.

A Call to Praise and Obedience

95Come, let’s sing for joy to the Lord.

Let’s shout praises to the Rock who saves us.

²Let’s come to him with thanksgiving.

Let’s sing songs to him,

³because the Lord is the great God,

the great King over all gods.

⁴The deepest places on earth are his,

and the highest mountains belong to him.

⁵The sea is his because he made it,

and he created the land with his own hands.

⁶Come, let’s worship him and bow down.

Let’s kneel before the Lord who made us,

⁷because he is our God

and we are the people he takes care of,

the sheep that he tends.

Today listen to what he says:

⁸“Do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,

as they were that day at Massah in the desert.

⁹There your ancestors tested me

and tried me even though they saw what I did.

¹⁰I was angry with those people for forty years.

I said, ‘They are not loyal to me

and have not understood my ways.’

¹¹I was angry and made a promise,

‘They will never enter my rest.’ ”