98  Oh ^msing to the Lord a new song,

for he has done marvelous things!

His right hand and his holy arm

have worked salvation for him.

2  The Lord has ⁿmade known his salvation;

he has ^orevealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

3  He has ^premembered his steadfast love and faithfulness

to the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have ^qseen

the salvation of our God.

4  ^rMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;

^sbreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!

5  Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,

with the lyre and the sound of melody!

6  ^tWith trumpets and the sound of the horn

make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

7  ^uLet the sea roar, and all that fills it;

^vthe world and those who dwell in it!

8  Let the rivers clap their hands;

let the hills ^wsing for joy together

9  ^xbefore the Lord, for he comes

to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,

and the peoples with equity.

99  The Lord ^yreigns; let the peoples tremble!

He sits ^zenthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

2  The Lord is great in Zion;

he is exalted ^aover all the peoples.

3  Let them praise your great and awesome name!

^bHoly is he!

4  The King in his might loves justice.¹

You have established equity;

you have executed ^cjustice

and righteousness in Jacob.

5  Exalt the Lord our God;

^dworship at his footstool!

Holy is he!

6  ^eMoses and Aaron were among his priests,

^fSamuel also was among those who ^gcalled upon his name.

^hThey called to the Lord, and he answered them.

7  ⁱIn the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;

they kept his testimonies

and the statute that he gave them.

8  O Lord our God, you answered them;

you were a forgiving God to them,

but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

9  Exalt the Lord our God,

and worship at his holy mountain;

for the Lord our God is holy!

100  ^jMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2  Serve the Lord with gladness!

Come into his presence with singing!

3  Know that ^kthe Lord, he is God!

It is he who made us, and we are his;¹

we are his people, and the ^lsheep of his pasture.

4  Enter his gates ^mwith thanksgiving,

and ⁿhis courts with praise!

Give thanks to him; ^obless his name!

5  ^pFor the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his faithfulness to all generations.

101  I will sing of steadfast love and justice;

to you, O Lord, ^qI will make music.

2  I will ponder the way that is blameless.

Oh when will you come to me?

I will ^rwalk ^swith integrity of heart

within my house;

3  I will not set before my eyes

anything that is worthless.

I hate the work of those who fall away;

it shall not cling to me.

4  A ^tperverse heart shall be far from me;

I will know nothing of evil.

5  Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly

I will destroy.

^uWhoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart

I will not endure.

6  I 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.

7  No one who practices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall continue before my eyes.

8  Morning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

cutting off all the evildoers

from the ^vcity of the Lord.

102  ^yHear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry come to you!

2  Do not ^zhide your face from me

in the day of my distress!

Incline your ear to me;

^aanswer me speedily in the day when I call!

3  For my days pass away like ^bsmoke,

and my ^cbones burn like a furnace.

4  My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;

I forget to eat my bread.

5  Because of my loud groaning

^dmy bones cling to my flesh.

6  I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl¹ of the waste places;

7  I lie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8  All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who deride me use my name for a curse.

9  For ^eI eat ashes like bread

and mingle tears with my drink,

10  because of your indignation and anger;

for you have taken me up and thrown me down.

11  My days are like an evening ^fshadow;

I wither away like grass.

12  But you, O Lord, are ^genthroned forever;

you are remembered throughout all generations.

13  You will arise and have pity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

the appointed time has come.

14  For your servants hold her stones dear

and have pity on her dust.

15  Nations will ^hfear the name of the Lord,

and ⁱall the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16  For ^jthe Lord builds up Zion;

^khe appears in his glory;

17  he regards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

18  Let this be recorded for a generation to come,

so that a people ^lyet to be created may praise the Lord:

19  that he looked down from his holy height;

from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

20  to ^mhear the groans of the prisoners,

to set free those who were doomed to die,

21  that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

22  when peoples gather together,

and ⁿkingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23  He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he has ^oshortened my days.

24  “O my God,” I say, “take me not away

in the midst of my days—

you ^pwhose years endure

throughout all generations!”

25  ^qOf old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

26  ^rThey will perish, but you will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

27  but ^syou are the same, and your years have no end.

28  The children of your servants shall dwell secure;

their offspring shall be established before you.