Psalm 99–101

Psalm 99

Praise to God for His Holiness

¹The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble!

He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!^*

²The Lord is great in Zion;

he is exalted over all the peoples.^*

³Let them praise your great and awesome name.

Holy is he!

⁴Mighty King,ⁿ lover of justice,

you have established equity;

you have executed justice

and righteousness in Jacob.^*

⁵Extol the Lord our God;

worship at his footstool.

Holy is he!^*

⁶Moses and Aaron were among his priests,

Samuel also was among those who called on his name.

They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.^*

⁷He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;

they kept his decrees

and the statutes that he gave them.^*

⁸O Lord our God, you answered them;

you were a forgiving God to them

but an avenger of their wrongdoings.^*

⁹Extol the Lord our God,

and worship at his holy mountain,

for the Lord our God is holy.^*

Psalm 100

All Lands Summoned to Praise God

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

¹Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.^*

²Serve the Lord with gladness;

come into his presence with singing.

³Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;^o

we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.^*

⁴Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him; bless his name.^*

⁵For the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever

and his faithfulness to all generations.^*

Psalm 101

A Sovereign’s Pledge of Integrity and Justice

Of David. A Psalm.

¹I will sing of loyalty and of justice;

to you, O Lord, I will sing.^*

²I will study the way that is blameless.

When shall I attain it?

I will walk with integrity of heart

within my house;^*

³I will not set before my eyes

anything that is base.

I hate the work of those who fall away;

it shall not cling to me.^*

⁴Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;

I will know nothing of evil.^*

⁵One who secretly slanders a neighbor

I will destroy.

A haughty look and an arrogant heart

I will not tolerate.^*

⁶I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,

so that they may live with me;

whoever walks in the way that is blameless

shall minister to me.^*

⁷No one who practices deceit

shall remain in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall continue in my presence.

⁸Morning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

cutting off all evildoers

from the city of the Lord.^*