Psalm 95–96

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.’ ”

Praise for the Lord’s Glory

96Sing to the Lord a new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing to the Lord and praise his name;

every day tell how he saves us.

³Tell the nations of his glory;

tell all peoples the miracles he does,

⁴because the Lord is great; he should be praised at all times.

He should be honored more than all the gods,

⁵because all the gods of the nations are only idols,

but the Lord made the heavens.

⁶The Lord has glory and majesty;

he has power and beauty in his Temple.

⁷Praise the Lord, all nations on earth;

praise the Lord’s glory and power.

⁸Praise the glory of the Lord’s name.

Bring an offering and come into his Temple courtyards.

⁹Worship the Lord because he is holy.

Tremble before him, everyone on earth.

¹⁰Tell the nations, “The Lord is king.”

The earth is set, and it cannot be moved.

He will judge the people fairly.

¹¹Let the skies rejoice and the earth be glad;

let the sea and everything in it shout.

¹²Let the fields and everything in them rejoice.

Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

¹³before the Lord, because he is coming.

He is coming to judge the world;

he will judge the world with fairness

and the peoples with truth.