Psalm 94–96

Psalm 94

¹The Lord is a God who avenges.^c

O God who avenges, shine forth.^d

²Rise up,^e Judge^f of the earth;

pay back^g to the proud what they deserve.

³How long, Lord, will the wicked,

how long will the wicked be jubilant?^h

⁴They pour out arrogantⁱ words;

all the evildoers are full of boasting.^j

⁵They crush your people,^k Lord;

they oppress your inheritance.^l

⁶They slay the widow^m and the foreigner;

they murder the fatherless.ⁿ

⁷They say, “The Lord does not see;^o

the God of Jacob^p takes no notice.”

⁸Take notice, you senseless ones^q among the people;

you fools, when will you become wise?

⁹Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?

Does he who formed the eye not see?^r

¹⁰Does he who disciplines^s nations not punish?

Does he who teaches^t mankind lack knowledge?

¹¹The Lord knows all human plans;^u

he knows that they are futile.^v

¹²Blessed is the one you discipline,^w Lord,

the one you teach^x from your law;

¹³you grant them relief from days of trouble,^y

till a pit^z is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the Lord will not reject his people;^a

he will never forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,^b

and all the upright in heart^c will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up^d for me against the wicked?

Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?^e

¹⁷Unless the Lord had given me help,^f

I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^g

¹⁸When I said, “My foot is slipping,^h”

your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.

¹⁹When anxietyⁱ was great within me,

your consolation^j brought me joy.

²⁰Can a corrupt throne^k be allied with you—

a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?^l

²¹The wicked band together^m against the righteous

and condemn the innocentⁿ to death.^o

²²But the Lord has become my fortress,

and my God the rock^p in whom I take refuge.^q

²³He will repay^r them for their sins

and destroy^s them for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95

¹Come,^t let us sing for joy^u to the Lord;

let us shout aloud^v to the Rock^w of our salvation.

²Let us come before him^x with thanksgiving^y

and extol him with music^z and song.

³For the Lord is the great God,^a

the great King^b above all gods.^c

⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth,^d

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

⁵The sea is his, for he made it,

and his hands formed the dry land.^e

⁶Come, let us bow down^f in worship,^g

let us kneel^h before the Lord our Maker;ⁱ

⁷for he is our God

and we are the people of his pasture,^j

the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

⁸“Do not harden your hearts^k as you did at Meribah,^al

as you did that day at Massah^b in the wilderness,^m

⁹where your ancestors testedⁿ me;

they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

¹⁰For forty years^o I was angry with that generation;

I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,^p

and they have not known my ways.’^q

¹¹So I declared on oath^r in my anger,

‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”^s

Psalm 96

96:1–13pp—1Ch 16:23–33

¹Sing to the Lord^t a new song;^u

sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing to the Lord, praise his name;^v

proclaim his salvation^w day after day.

³Declare his glory^x among the nations,

his marvelous deeds^y among all peoples.

⁴For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^z

he is to be feared^a above all gods.^b

⁵For all the gods of the nations are idols,^c

but the Lord made the heavens.^d

⁶Splendor and majesty^e are before him;

strength and glory^f are in his sanctuary.

⁷Ascribe to the Lord,^g all you families of nations,^h

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

⁸Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

bring an offeringⁱ and come into his courts.^j

⁹Worship the Lord^k in the splendor of his^a holiness;^l

tremble^m before him, all the earth.ⁿ

¹⁰Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.^o”

The world is firmly established,^p it cannot be moved;^q

he will judge^r the peoples with equity.^s

¹¹Let the heavens rejoice,^t let the earth be glad;^u

let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

¹²Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;

let all the trees of the forest^v sing for joy.^w

¹³Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,

he comes to judge^x the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness^y

and the peoples in his faithfulness.^z