Psalm 94:1–96:13

¹God of vengeance—Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

²Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

³Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

⁴They utter—they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

⁵Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

⁶Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

⁷And they say, ‘Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.’

⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

⁹He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

¹⁰He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.

¹¹He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

¹²O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

¹³To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

¹⁴For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

¹⁵For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

¹⁶Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

¹⁸If I have said, ‘My foot hath slipped,’ Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

¹⁹In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

²¹They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

²²And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God is for a rock—my refuge,

²³And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!

Psalm 95

¹Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.

²We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.

³For a great God is Jehovah, And a great king over all gods.

⁴In whose hand are the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills are His.

⁵Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

⁷For He is our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,

⁸Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

⁹Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.

¹⁰Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, ‘A people erring in heart—they! And they have not known My ways:’

¹¹Where I sware in Mine anger, ‘If they come in unto My rest—!’

Psalm 96

¹Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth.

²Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation.

³Declare among nations His honour, Among all the peoples His wonders.

⁴For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He is over all gods.

⁵For all the gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

⁶Honour and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary.

⁷Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

⁸Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present and come in to His courts.

⁹Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among nations, ‘Jehovah hath reigned, Also—established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.’

¹¹The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar.

¹²The field exulteth, and all that is in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest,

¹³Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

Psalm 97