Day 21 of 30

Ps 98:1–103:22

98:1 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.

98:2 The Lord has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

98:3 He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

98:4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

98:5 Sing praises to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.

98:6 With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.

98:7 Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.

98:9 Let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

99:1 The Lord reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

99:2 The Lord is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.

99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!

99:4 The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

99:5 Exalt the Lord our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!

99:6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; they called on the Lord, and he answered them.

99:7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.

99:8 You answered them, Lord our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.

99:9 Exalt the Lord, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for the Lord, our God, is holy!

100:1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all you lands!

100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

100:3 Know that the Lord, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

100:5 For the Lord is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

101:1 I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Lord, I will sing praises.

101:2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

101:3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

101:4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

101:5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

101:6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

101:7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

101:8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the Lord's city.

102:1 Hear my prayer, Lord! Let my cry come to you.

102:2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

102:3 For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand.

102:4 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

102:7 I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

102:8 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

102:10 Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

102:11 My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

102:12 But you, Lord, will abide forever; your renown endures to all generations.

102:13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

102:14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

102:15 So the nations will fear the name of the Lord; all the kings of the earth your glory.

102:16 For the Lord has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

102:17 He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

102:18 This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

102:19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, the Lord saw the earth;

102:20 to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

102:21 that men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

102:22 when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

102:23 He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

102:24 I said, "My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

102:25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

102:26 They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

102:27 But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

102:28 The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you."

103:1 Praise the Lord, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

103:2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all his benefits;

103:3 who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;

103:4 who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

103:5 who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

103:6 The Lord executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

103:7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.

103:8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

103:9 He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

103:11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

103:13 Like a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

103:14 For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

103:15 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

103:16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

103:17 But the Lord's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

103:18 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

103:19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.

103:21 Praise the Lord, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.

103:22 Praise the Lord, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise the Lord, my soul!