Psalm 99–101

PSALM 99

¹The Lord reigns; 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 thy great and terrible name!

Holy is he!

⁴Mighty King, lover of justice,

thou hast established equity;

thou hast 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 testimonies,

and the statutes that he gave them.

⁸O Lord our God, thou didst answer them;

thou wast 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

A Psalm for the thank offering.

¹Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands!ⁿ

²Serve the Lord with gladness!

Come into his presence with singing!

³Know that the Lord is God!

It is he that 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 for ever,

and his faithfulness to all generations.

PSALM 101

A Psalm of David.

¹I will sing of loyalty and of justice;

to thee, O Lord, I will sing.

²I will give heed to the way that is blameless.

Oh when wilt thou come to me?

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 cleave to me.

⁴Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;

I will know nothing of evil.

⁵Him who slanders his neighbor secretly

I will destroy.

The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart

I will not endure.

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

that they may dwell with me;

he who walks in the way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

⁷No man who practices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no man who utters lies

shall continue in my presence.

⁸Morning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

cutting off all the evildoers

from the city of the Lord.