Let Us Sing Songs of Praise
1 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.”
The Lord Reigns
1 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!
Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord
A Psalm.
1 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.
The Lord Our God Is Holy
1 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.2
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!