1  Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;

let us ^fmake a joyful noise to ^gthe rock of our salvation!

2  Let us ^hcome into his presence with thanksgiving;

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

3  For the Lord is ⁱa great God,

and a great King ^jabove 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 ^khe made it,

and his hands formed ^kthe dry land.

6  Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us ^lkneel before the Lord, our ^mMaker!

7  For he is our ⁿGod,

and we are the people of his ^opasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

^pToday, if you ^qhear his voice,

8  ^rdo not harden your hearts, as at ^sMeribah,

as on the day at ^tMassah in the wilderness,

9  when your fathers put me to the ^utest

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

10  ^wFor forty years I loathed that generation

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

and they have not known ^xmy ways.”

11  Therefore I ^yswore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter ^zmy rest.”

1  ^aOh sing to the Lord ^ba new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2  Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

^ctell of his salvation from day to day.

3  Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

4  For ^dgreat is the Lord, and ^egreatly to be praised;

he is to be feared above ^fall gods.

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

but the Lord ^gmade the heavens.

6  Splendor and majesty are before him;

^hstrength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7  Ascribe to the Lord, O ⁱfamilies of the peoples,

^jascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8  Ascribe to the Lord ^kthe glory due his name;

bring ^lan offering, and ^mcome into his courts!

9  Worship the Lord in ⁿthe splendor of holiness;¹

^otremble before him, all the earth!

10  Say among the nations, ^p“The Lord reigns!

Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

he will ^qjudge the peoples with equity.”

11  Let ^rthe heavens be glad, and let ^sthe earth rejoice;

let ^tthe sea roar, and all that fills it;

12  let ^uthe field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all ^vthe trees of the forest sing for joy

13  before the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes ^wto judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.

1  ^xThe Lord reigns, ^ylet the earth rejoice;

let the many ^zcoastlands be glad!

2  ^aClouds and thick darkness are all around him;

^brighteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3  ^cFire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around.

4  His ^dlightnings light up the world;

the earth sees and ^etrembles.

5  The mountains ^fmelt like ^gwax before the Lord,

before ^hthe Lord of all the earth.

6  ⁱThe heavens proclaim his righteousness,

and all ^jthe peoples see his glory.

7  All worshipers of images are ^kput to shame,

who make their boast in ^lworthless idols;

^mworship him, all you gods!

8  Zion hears and ⁿis glad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

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

you are exalted far above ^pall gods.

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

He ^rpreserves the lives of his ^ssaints;

he ^tdelivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11  ^uLight ^vis sown² for the righteous,

and joy for the upright in heart.

12  ^wRejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,

and ^xgive thanks to his holy name!

1  Oh sing to the Lord ^ya new song,

for he has done ^zmarvelous things!

His ^aright hand and his holy arm

have worked salvation for him.

2  The Lord has ^bmade known his salvation;

he has ^crevealed his righteousness in ^dthe sight of the nations.

3  He has ^eremembered his ^fsteadfast love and faithfulness

to the house of Israel.

All ^gthe ends of the earth have seen

^hthe salvation of our God.

4  ⁱMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;

^jbreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!

5  Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,

with the lyre and the ^ksound of melody!

6  With ^ltrumpets and the sound of ^mthe horn

ⁱmake a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

7  ⁿLet the sea roar, and ^oall that fills it;

^othe world and those who dwell in it!

8  Let the rivers ^pclap their hands;

let ^qthe hills sing for joy together

9  before the Lord, for he comes

to ^rjudge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,

and the peoples with equity.

1  ^sThe Lord reigns; ^tlet the peoples tremble!

He ^usits enthroned upon the cherubim; ^vlet the earth quake!

2  The Lord is ^wgreat in Zion;

he is ^xexalted over all the peoples.

3  Let them praise your ^ygreat and awesome name!

^zHoly is he!

4  ^aThe King in his might ^bloves justice.³

You have established equity;

you have executed justice

and righteousness in Jacob.

5  ^cExalt the Lord our God;

^dworship at his ^efootstool!

^zHoly is he!

6  ^fMoses and Aaron were among his ^gpriests,

Samuel also was among those who ^hcalled upon his name.

They ⁱcalled to the Lord, and he answered them.

7  In ^jthe pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;

they ^kkept his testimonies

and the statute that he gave them.

8  O Lord our God, you answered them;

you were ^la forgiving God to them,

but ^man avenger of their wrongdoings.

9  Exalt the Lord our God,

and worship at his ⁿholy mountain;

for the Lord our God is holy!

1  ^pMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2  ^qServe the Lord with gladness!

^rCome into his presence with singing!

3  Know that ^sthe Lord, he is God!

It is he who ^tmade us, and ^uwe are his;⁴

we are his ^vpeople, and ^wthe sheep of his pasture.

4  ^xEnter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his ^ycourts with praise!

Give thanks to him; ^zbless his name!

5  ^aFor the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his ^bfaithfulness to all generations.

1  I will sing of ^csteadfast love and justice;

to you, O Lord, I will make music.

2  I will ^dponder the way ^ethat is blameless.

Oh when will you ^fcome to me?

I will ^gwalk with ^hintegrity of heart

within my house;

3  I will not set before my eyes

anything ⁱthat is worthless.

I hate the work of those who ^jfall away;

it shall not cling to me.

4  ^kA perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will ^lknow nothing of evil.

5  Whoever slanders his neighbor ^msecretly

I will ⁿdestroy.

Whoever has a ^ohaughty look and an ^parrogant 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 ^qthe way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

7  No one who ^rpractices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall ^scontinue before my eyes.

8  ^tMorning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

^ucutting off all ^vthe evildoers

from ^wthe city of the Lord.

1  ^zHear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry ^acome to you!

2  ^bDo not hide your face from me

in ^cthe day of my distress!

^dIncline your ear to me;

^eanswer me speedily ^fin the day when I call!

3  For my days ^gpass away like smoke,

and my ^hbones burn like a furnace.

4  My heart is ⁱstruck down like grass and ^jhas withered;

I ^kforget to eat my bread.

5  Because of my loud groaning

my ^lbones cling to my flesh.

6  I am like ^ma desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl⁵ of the waste places;

7  I ⁿlie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8  All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who ^oderide me ^puse my name for a curse.

9  For I eat ashes like bread

and ^qmingle tears with my drink,

10  because of your indignation and anger;

for you have ^rtaken me up and ^sthrown me down.

11  My days are like ^tan evening shadow;

I ^jwither away like grass.

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

you ^vare remembered throughout all generations.

13  You will ^warise and have ^xpity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

^ythe appointed time has come.

14  For your servants hold her ^zstones dear

and have pity on her dust.

15  Nations will ^afear the name of the Lord,

and all ^bthe kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16  For the Lord ^cbuilds up Zion;

he ^dappears in his glory;

17  he ^eregards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

18  Let this be ^frecorded for ^ga generation to come,

so that ^ha people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

19  that he ⁱlooked down from his holy height;

from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

20  to hear ^jthe groans of the prisoners,

to set free ^kthose who were doomed to die,

21  that they may ^ldeclare in Zion the name of the Lord,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

22  when ^mpeoples gather together,

and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23  He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he ⁿhas shortened my days.

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

in the midst of my days—

^pyou whose years endure

throughout all generations!”

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

and ^rthe heavens are the work of your hands.

26  ^sThey will perish, but ^tyou will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

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

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

28  ^vThe children of your servants ^wshall dwell secure;

^xtheir offspring shall be established before you.

1  ^yBless the Lord, O my soul,

and all that is within me,

bless his holy name!

2  ^yBless the Lord, O my soul,

and ^zforget not all his benefits,

3  who ^aforgives all your iniquity,

who ^bheals all your diseases,

4  who ^credeems your life from the pit,

who ^dcrowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5  who ^esatisfies you with good

so that your youth is renewed like ^fthe eagle’s.

6  The Lord works ^grighteousness

and justice for all who are oppressed.

7  He made known his ^hways to Moses,

his ⁱacts to the people of Israel.

8  The Lord is ^jmerciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9  ^kHe will not always chide,

nor will he ^lkeep his anger forever.

10  He does not deal with us ^maccording to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11  For ⁿas high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his ^osteadfast love toward ^pthose who fear him;

12  as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he ^qremove our transgressions from us.

13  As ^ra father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion ^pto those who fear him.

14  For he knows our frame;⁶

he ^sremembers that we are dust.

15  As for man, his days are like ^tgrass;

he flourishes like ^ua flower of the field;

16  for ^vthe wind passes over it, and ^wit is gone,

and ^xits place knows it no more.

17  But ^ythe steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^pthose who fear him,

and his righteousness to ^zchildren’s children,

18  to those who ^akeep his covenant

and ^bremember to do his commandments.

19  The Lord has ^cestablished his throne in the heavens,

and his ^dkingdom rules over all.

20  Bless the Lord, O you ^ehis angels,

you ^fmighty ones who ^gdo his word,

obeying the voice of his word!

21  Bless the Lord, all his ^hhosts,

his ⁱministers, who do his will!

22  ^jBless the Lord, all his works,

in all places of his dominion.

^kBless the Lord, O my soul!

1  ^lBless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, you are ^mvery great!

ⁿYou are clothed with splendor and majesty,

2  covering yourself with light as with a garment,

^ostretching out the heavens ^plike a tent.

3  He ^qlays the beams of his ^rchambers on the waters;

he makes ^sthe clouds his chariot;

he rides on ^tthe wings of the wind;

4  he ^umakes his messengers winds,

his ^vministers ^wa flaming fire.

5  He ^xset the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

6  You ^ycovered it with the deep as with a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

7  At ^zyour rebuke they fled;

at ^athe sound of your thunder they ^btook to flight.

8  The mountains rose, the valleys sank down

to the place that you ^cappointed for them.

9  You set ^da boundary that they may not pass,

so that they ^emight not again cover the earth.

10  You make springs gush forth in the valleys;

they flow between the hills;

11  they ^fgive drink to every beast of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12  Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.

13  ^gFrom your lofty abode you ^hwater the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14  You cause ⁱthe grass to grow for the livestock

and ^jplants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth ^kfood from the earth

15  and ^lwine to gladden the heart of man,

^moil to make his face shine

and bread to ⁿstrengthen man’s heart.

16  The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,

^othe cedars of Lebanon ^pthat he planted.

17  In them the birds build their nests;

the stork has her home in the fir trees.

18  The high mountains are for ^qthe wild goats;

the rocks are a refuge for ^rthe rock badgers.

19  He made the moon to mark the ^sseasons;⁷

the sun knows its time for setting.

20  ^tYou make darkness, and it is night,

when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21  ^uThe young lions roar for their prey,

seeking their food from God.

22  When the sun rises, they steal away

and lie down in their ^vdens.

23  ^wMan goes out to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

24  O Lord, how manifold are your works!

In ^xwisdom have you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

25  Here is the sea, great and wide,

^ywhich teems with creatures innumerable,

living things both small and great.

26  There go the ships,

and ^zLeviathan, which you formed to ^aplay in it.⁸

27  These ^ball look to you,

to ^cgive them their food in due season.

28  When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you ^dopen your hand, they are filled with good things.

29  When you ^ehide your face, they are ^fdismayed;

when you ^gtake away their breath, they die

and ^hreturn to their dust.

30  When you ⁱsend forth your Spirit,⁹ they are created,

and you ^jrenew the face of the ground.

31  May the glory of the Lord ^kendure forever;

may the Lord ^lrejoice in his works,

32  who looks on the earth and it ^mtrembles,

who ⁿtouches the mountains and they smoke!

33  I will sing to the Lord ^oas long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

34  May my ^pmeditation be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the Lord.

35  Let ^qsinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more!

^rBless the Lord, O my soul!

^sPraise the Lord!

1  ^tOh give thanks to the Lord; ^ucall upon his name;

^vmake known his deeds among the peoples!

2  Sing to him, sing praises to him;

^wtell of all his wondrous works!

3  Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

4  Seek the Lord and his ^xstrength;

^yseek his presence continually!

5  Remember the ^zwondrous works that he has done,

his miracles, and ^athe judgments he uttered,

6  O offspring of ^bAbraham, his servant,

children of Jacob, his ^cchosen ones!

7  He is the Lord our God;

his ^djudgments are in all the earth.

8  He ^eremembers his covenant forever,

the word that he commanded, for ^fa thousand generations,

9  ^gthe covenant that he made with Abraham,

his ^hsworn promise to Isaac,

10  which he confirmed to ⁱJacob as a statute,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11  saying, ^j“To you I will give the land of Canaan

as ^kyour portion for an inheritance.”

12  When they were ^lfew in number,

of little account, and ^msojourners in it,

13  wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people,

14  he ⁿallowed no one to oppress them;

he ^orebuked kings on their account,

15  saying, ^p“Touch not my anointed ones,

do my prophets no harm!”

16  When he ^qsummoned a famine on the land

and ^rbroke all supply¹⁰ of bread,

17  he had ^ssent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was ^tsold as a slave.

18  His ^ufeet were hurt with fetters;

his neck was put in a collar of iron;

19  until ^vwhat he had said came to pass,

the word of the Lord ^wtested him.

20  ^xThe king sent and ^yreleased him;

the ruler of the peoples set him free;

21  he ^zmade him lord of his house

and ruler of all his possessions,

22  to bind¹¹ his princes at his pleasure

and to teach his elders wisdom.

23  Then ^aIsrael came to Egypt;

Jacob ^bsojourned in ^cthe land of Ham.

24  And the Lord ^dmade his people very fruitful

and made them stronger than their foes.

25  He ^eturned their hearts to hate his people,

to ^fdeal craftily with his servants.

26  He ^gsent Moses, his servant,

and Aaron, ^hwhom he had chosen.

27  ⁱThey performed his signs among them

and miracles in ^cthe land of Ham.

28  He ^jsent darkness, and made the land dark;

they ^kdid not rebel¹² against his words.