Psalm 99–101

The Lord, the Fair and Holy King

99The Lord is king.

Let the peoples shake with fear.

He sits between the gold creatures with wings.

Let the earth shake.

²The Lord in Jerusalem is great;

he is supreme over all the peoples.

³Let them praise your name;

it is great, holy and to be feared.

⁴The King is powerful and loves justice.

Lord, you made things fair;

you have done what is fair and right

for the people of Jacob.

⁵Praise the Lord our God,

and worship at the Temple, his footstool.

He is holy.

⁶Moses and Aaron were among his priests,

and Samuel was among his worshipers.

They called to the Lord,

and he answered them.

⁷He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud.

They kept the rules and laws he gave them.

⁸Lord our God, you answered them.

You showed them that you are a forgiving God,

but you punished them for their wrongs.

⁹Praise the Lord our God,

and worship at his holy mountain,

because the Lord our God is holy.

A Call to Praise the Lord

A psalm of thanks.

100Shout to the Lord, all the earth.

²Serve the Lord with joy;

come before him with singing.

³Know that the Lordis God.

He made us, and we belong to him;

we are his people, the sheep he tends.

⁴Come into his city with songs of thanksgiving

and into his courtyards with songs of praise.

Thank him and praise his name.

⁵The Lord is good. His love is forever,

and his loyalty goes on and on.

A Promise to Rule Well

A psalm of David.

101I will sing of your love and fairness;

Lord, I will sing praises to you.

²I will be careful to live an innocent life.

When will you come to me?

I will live an innocent life in my house.

³I will not look at anything wicked.

I hate those who turn against you;

they will not be found near me.

⁴Let those who want to do wrong stay away from me;

I will have nothing to do with evil.

⁵If anyone secretly says things against his neighbor,

I will stop him.

I will not allow people

to be proud and look down on others.

⁶I will look for trustworthy people

so I can live with them in the land.

Only those who live innocent lives

will be my servants.

⁷No one who is dishonest will live in my house;

no liars will stay around me.

⁸Every morning I will destroy the wicked in the land.

I will rid the Lord’s city of people who do evil.