Day 20 of 30

Ps 92:1–97:12

92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, Most High;

92:2 to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,

92:3 with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.

92:4 For you, Lord, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

92:5 How great are your works, Lord! Your thoughts are very deep.

92:6 A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:

92:7 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

92:8 But you, Lord, are on high forevermore.

92:9 For, behold, your enemies, Lord, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.

92:10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

92:11 My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

92:13 They are planted in the Lord's house. They will flourish in our God's courts.

92:14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

92:15 to show that the Lord is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

93:1 The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The Lord is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved.

93:2 Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.

93:3 The floods have lifted up, Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

93:4 Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, The Lord on high is mighty.

93:5 Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Lord, forevermore.

94:1 Lord, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

94:2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

94:3 Lord, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

94:4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

94:5 They break your people in pieces, Lord, and afflict your heritage.

94:6 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

94:7 They say, "Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."

94:8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

94:9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

94:10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

94:11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

94:12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your Law;

94:13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

94:14 For the Lord won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

94:15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

94:16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

94:17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.

94:18 When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness, Lord, held me up.

94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

94:20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

94:22 But the Lord has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

94:23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The Lord, our God, will cut them off.

95:1 Oh come, let's sing to the Lord. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

95:2 Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol him with songs!

95:3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.

95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.

95:5 The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

95:6 Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before the Lord, our Maker,

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!

95:8 Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

95:9 when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

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."

95:11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."

96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

96:2 Sing to the Lord! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!

96:3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

96:4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.

96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

96:6 Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

96:7 Ascribe to the Lord, you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

96:8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

96:9 Worship the Lord in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.

96:10 Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

96:11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!

96:12 Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy

96:13 before the Lord; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

97:1 The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!

97:2 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

97:3 A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

97:4 His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

97:5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

97:7 Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

97:8 Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, Lord.

97:9 For you, Lord, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.

97:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his holy ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

97:12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.