93  The Lord ^sreigns; he is ^trobed in majesty;

the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his ^ubelt.

^vYes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

2  Your ^wthrone is established from of old;

you are ^xfrom everlasting.

3  The floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their roaring.

4  ^yMightier than the thunders of many waters,

mightier than the waves of the sea,

the Lord on high is mighty!

5  Your decrees are very trustworthy;

holiness befits your house,

O Lord, forevermore.

94  O Lord, God of ^zvengeance,

O God of vengeance, ^ashine forth!

2  ^bRise up, O ^cjudge of the earth;

repay to the proud what they deserve!

3  O Lord, how long shall the wicked,

how long shall the wicked exult?

4  They pour out their arrogant words;

all the evildoers boast.

5  They crush your people, O Lord,

and afflict your heritage.

6  They kill the ^dwidow and the ^esojourner,

and murder the fatherless;

7  and they say, ^f“The Lord does not see;

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

8  Understand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

9  He who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

10  He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who teaches man knowledge—

11  ^gthe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are but a breath.¹

12  ^hBlessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,

and whom you teach out of your law,

13  to give him rest from days of trouble,

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

14  ⁱFor the Lord will not forsake his people;

he will not abandon his heritage;

15  for justice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16  Who ^jrises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

17  ^kIf the Lord had not been my help,

my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

18  When I thought, “My foot ^lslips,”

your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.

19  When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

20  Can wicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame² injustice by statute?

21  They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.³

22  But the Lord has become my ^mstronghold,

and my God the ⁿrock of my refuge.

23  ^oHe will bring back on them their iniquity

and wipe them out for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will wipe them out.

95  Oh come, let us ^psing to the Lord;

let us ^qmake a joyful noise to the ^rrock of our salvation!

2  Let us come into his presence ^swith thanksgiving;

let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

3  For ^tthe Lord is a great God,

and a great ^uKing ^vabove all gods.

4  In his hand are the depths of the earth;

the heights of the mountains are his also.

5  The sea is his, for ^whe made it,

and his hands formed the dry land.

6  Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

7  For he is our God,

and we are the people of his pasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

^xToday, if you hear his voice,

8  do not harden your hearts, ^yas at Meribah,

as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

9  when your fathers ^zput me to the test

and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

10  For forty years I loathed that generation

and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,

and they have not known my ways.”

11  ^aTherefore I ^bswore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter my rest.”

96  ^cOh ^dsing to the Lord a new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2  Sing to the Lord, ^ebless his name;

tell of his salvation from day to day.

3  ^fDeclare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

4  For ^ggreat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;

he is ^hto be feared ⁱabove all gods.

5  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,

but the Lord made the heavens.

6  Splendor and majesty are before him;

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7  ^jAscribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8  Ascribe to the Lord the ^kglory due his name;

bring an offering, and ^lcome into his courts!

9  Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;¹

^mtremble before him, all the earth!

10  Say among the nations, “The Lord ⁿreigns!

^oYes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

he will judge the peoples with equity.”

11  ^pLet the heavens be glad, and ^qlet the earth rejoice;

^rlet the sea roar, and all that fills it;

12  let the field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all the trees of the forest ^ssing for joy

13  ^tbefore the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.

97  The Lord ^ureigns, ^vlet the earth rejoice;

let the many coastlands be glad!

2  ^wClouds and thick darkness are all around him;

^xrighteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3  ^yFire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around.

4  His ^zlightnings light up the world;

the earth sees and trembles.

5  The ^amountains melt like wax before the Lord,

before the ^bLord of all the earth.

6  The ^cheavens proclaim his righteousness,

and ^dall the peoples see his glory.

7  All worshipers of images are ^eput to shame,

who make their boast in worthless idols;

^fworship him, all you gods!

8  Zion hears and is ^gglad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

9  For you, O Lord, are ^hmost high over all the earth;

you are exalted far ⁱabove all gods.

10  O you who love the Lord, ^jhate evil!

He ^kpreserves the lives of his saints;

he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11  Light is sown¹ for the righteous,

and joy for the upright in heart.

12  Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,

and ^lgive thanks to his holy name!