Sept.
23
Psalms
95-97
Psa
95:1 Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of
our salvation!
Psa
95:2 Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol
him with songs!
Psa
95:3 For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
Psa
95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of
the mountains are also his.
Psa
95:5 The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
Psa
95:6 Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh,
our Maker,
Psa
95:7 for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the
sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
Psa
95:8 Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah
in the wilderness,
Psa
95:9 when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
Psa
95:10 Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said,
"It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my
ways."
Psa
95:11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my
rest."
Psa
96:1 Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
Psa
96:2 Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day
to day!
Psa
96:3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among
all the peoples.
Psa
96:4 For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be
feared above all gods.
Psa
96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the
heavens.
Psa
96:6 Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in
his sanctuary.
Psa
96:7 Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh
glory and strength.
Psa
96:8 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering,
and come into his courts.
Psa
96:9 Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the
earth.
Psa
96:10 Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns." The world is
also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with
equity.
Psa
96:11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the
sea roar, and its fullness!
Psa
96:12 Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees
of the woods shall sing for joy
Psa
96:13 before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his
truth.
Psa
97:1 Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of
islands be glad!
Psa
97:2 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice
are the foundation of his throne.
Psa
97:3 A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every
side.
Psa
97:4 His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and
trembles.
Psa
97:5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the
presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Psa
97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have
seen his glory.
Psa
97:7 Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in
their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
Psa
97:8 Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced,
because of your judgments, Yahweh.
Psa
97:9 For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are
exalted far above all gods.
Psa
97:10 You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his
saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psa
97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright
in heart.
Psa
97:12 Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his
holy Name.