Psalm 94–96

Psalm 94

¹O Lord God, ^ato whom vengeance belongs—

O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

²Rise up, O ^bJudge of the earth;

¹Render punishment to the proud.

³Lord, ^chow long will the wicked,

How long will the wicked triumph?

⁴They ^dutter speech, and speak insolent things;

All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.

⁵They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,

And afflict Your heritage.

⁶They slay the widow and the stranger,

And murder the fatherless.

^7eYet they say, “The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob ²understand.”

⁸Understand, you senseless among the people;

And you fools, when will you be wise?

^9fHe who planted the ear, shall He not hear?

He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

¹⁰He who ³instructs the ⁴nations, shall He not correct,

He who teaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord ^gknows the thoughts of man,

That they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the man whom You ^hinstruct, O Lord,

And teach out of Your law,

¹³That You may give him ⁵rest from the days of adversity,

Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the Lord will not ⁶cast off His people,

Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

¹⁵But judgment will return to righteousness,

And all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?

Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my help,

My soul would soon have settled in silence.

¹⁸If I say, “My foot slips,”

Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of my anxieties within me,

Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Shall ⁱthe throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,

Have fellowship with You?

²¹They gather together against the life of the righteous,

And condemn ^jinnocent blood.

²²But the Lord has been my defense,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³He has brought on them their own iniquity,

And shall ⁷cut them off in their own wickedness;

The Lord our God shall cut them off.

Psalm 95

¹Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!

Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

²Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;

Let us shout joyfully to Him with ^apsalms.

³For ^bthe Lord is the great God,

And the great King above all gods.

⁴¹In His hand are the deep places of the earth;

The heights of the hills are His also.

^5cThe sea is His, for He made it;

And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

Let ^dus kneel before the Lord our Maker.

⁷For He is our God,

And ^ewe are the people of His pasture,

And the sheep ²of His hand.

^fToday, if you will hear His voice:

⁸“Do not harden your hearts, as in the ³rebellion,

^gAs in the day of ⁴trial in the wilderness,

⁹When ^hyour fathers tested Me;

They tried Me, though they ⁱsaw My work.

¹⁰For ^jforty years I was ⁵grieved with that generation,

And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,

And they do not know My ways.’

¹¹So ^kI swore in My wrath,

‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Psalm 96

¹Oh, ^asing to the Lord a new song!

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

³Declare His glory among the ¹nations,

His wonders among all peoples.

⁴For ^bthe Lord is great and ^cgreatly to be praised;

^dHe is to be feared above all gods.

⁵For ^eall the gods of the peoples are idols,

^fBut the Lord made the heavens.

⁶Honor and majesty are before Him;

Strength and ^gbeauty are in His sanctuary.

^7hGive ²to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

Give to the Lord glory and strength.

⁸³Give to the Lord the glory due His name;

Bring an offering, and come into His courts.

⁹Oh, worship the Lord ⁱin the beauty of holiness!

Tremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the ⁴nations, ^j“The Lord reigns;

The world also is firmly established,

It shall not be ⁵moved;

^kHe shall judge the peoples righteously.”

^11lLet the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;

^mLet the sea roar, and ⁶all its fullness;

¹²Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.

Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.

¹³For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.

ⁿHe shall judge the world with righteousness,

And the peoples with His truth.