Psalms 98

1 A psalm. I Sing a new song to the LORD, who has done marvelous deeds, Whose right hand and holy arm have won the victory.
2 The LORD has made his victory known; has revealed his triumph for the nations to see,
3 Has remembered faithful love toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
4 II Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth; break into song; sing praise.
5 Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout with joy to the King, the LORD.
7 III Let the sea and what fills it resound, the world and those who dwell there.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy,
9 Before the LORD who comes, who comes to govern the earth, To govern the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.

Psalms 99

1 I The LORD is king, the peoples tremble; God is enthroned on the cherubim, the earth quakes.
2 The LORD is great on Zion, exalted above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name: Holy is God!
4 II O mighty king, lover of justice, you alone have established fairness; you have created just rule in Jacob.
5 Exalt the LORD, our God; bow down before his footstool; holy is God!
6 III Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who called on God's name; they called on the LORD, who answered them.
7 From the pillar of cloud God spoke to them; they kept the decrees, the law they received.
8 O LORD, our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God, though you punished their offenses.
9 Exalt the LORD, our God; bow down before his holy mountain; holy is the LORD, our God.

Psalms 100

1 A psalm of thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
2 worship the LORD with cries of gladness; come before him with joyful song.
3 Know that the LORD is God, our maker to whom we belong, whosepeople we are, God's well-tended flock.
4 Enter the temple gates with praise, its courts with thanksgiving. Give thanks to God, bless his name;
5 good indeed is the LORD, Whose love endures forever, whose faithfulness lasts through every age.

Psalms 101

1 A psalm of David. I I sing of love and justice; to you, LORD, I sing praise.
2 I follow the way of integrity; when will you come to me? I act with integrity of heart within my royal court.
3 I do not allow into my presence anyone who speaks perversely. Whoever acts shamefully I hate; no such person can be my friend.
4 I shun the devious of heart; the wicked I do not tolerate.
5 Whoever slanders another in secret I reduce to silence. Haughty eyes and arrogant hearts I cannot endure.
6 II I look to the faithful of the land; they alone can be my companions. Those who follow the way of integrity, they alone can enter my service.
7 No one who practices deceit can hold a post in my court. No one who speaks falsely can be among my advisors.
8 Each morning I clear the wicked from the land, and rid the LORD'S city of all evildoers.

Psalms 102

1 The prayer of one afflicted and wasting away whose anguish is poured out before the LORD. I LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you.
2 Do not hide your face from me now that I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn away as in a furnace.
4 I am withered, dried up like grass, too wasted to eat my food.
5 From my loud groaning I become just skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake and moan, like a lone sparrow on the roof.
8 All day long my enemies taunt me; in their rage, they make my name a curse.
9 I eat ashes like bread, mingle my drink with tears.
10 Because of your furious wrath, you lifted me up just to cast me down.
11 My days are like a lengthening shadow; I wither like the grass.
12 II But you, LORD, are enthroned forever; your renown is for all generations.
13 You will again show mercy to Zion; now is the time for pity; the appointed time has come.
14 Its stones are dear to your servants; its dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations shall revere your name, LORD, all the kings of the earth, your glory,
16 Once the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory,
17 Heeding the plea of the lowly, not scorning their prayer.
18 Let this be written for the next generation, for a people not yet born, that they may praise the LORD:
19 The LORD looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven,
20 To attend to the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die.
21 Then the LORD'S name will be declared on Zion, the praise of God in Jerusalem,
22 When all peoples and kingdoms gather to worship the LORD.
23 III God has shattered my strength in mid-course, has cut short my days.
24 I plead, O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days. Your years last through all generations.
25 Of old you laid the earth's foundations; the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They perish, but you remain; they all wear out like a garment; Like clothing you change them and they are changed,
27 but you are the same, your years have no end.
28 May the children of your servants live on; may their descendants live in your presence.

Psalms 103

1 Of David. I Bless the LORD, my soul; all my being, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, my soul; do not forget all the gifts of God,
3 Who pardons all your sins, heals all your ills,
4 Delivers your life from the pit, surrounds you with love and compassion,
5 Fills your days with good things; your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 II The LORD does righteous deeds, brings justice to all the oppressed.
7 His ways were revealed to Moses, mighty deeds to the people of Israel.
8 Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger, abounding in kindness.
9 God does not always rebuke, nurses no lasting anger,
10 Has not dealt with us as our sins merit, nor requited us as our deeds deserve.
11 III As the heavens tower over the earth, so God's love towers over the faithful.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far have our sins been removed from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on the faithful.
14 For he knows how we are formed, remembers that we are dust.
15 Our days are like the grass; like flowers of the field we blossom.
16 The wind sweeps over us and we are gone; our place knows us no more.
17 But the LORD'S kindness is forever, toward the faithful from age to age. He favors the children's children
18 of those who keep his covenant, who take care to fulfill its precepts.
19 IV The LORD'S throne is established in heaven; God's royal power rules over all.
20 Bless the LORD, all you angels, mighty in strength and attentive, obedient to every command.
21 Bless the LORD, all you hosts, ministers who do God's will.
22 Bless the LORD, all creatures, everywhere in God's domain. Bless the LORD, my soul!

Psalms 104

1 I Bless the LORD, my soul! LORD, my God, you are great indeed! You are clothed with majesty and glory,
2 robed in light as with a cloak. You spread out the heavens like a tent;
3 you raised your palace upon the waters. You make the clouds your chariot; you travel on the wings of the wind.
4 You make the winds your messengers; flaming fire, your ministers.
5 II You fixed the earth on its foundation, never to be moved.
6 The ocean covered it like a garment; above the mountains stood the waters.
7 At your roar they took flight; at the sound of your thunder they fled.
8 They rushed up the mountains, down the valleys to the place you had fixed for them.
9 You set a limit they cannot pass; never again will they cover the earth.
10 III You made springs flow into channels that wind among the mountains.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field; here wild asses quench their thirst.
12 Beside them the birds of heaven nest; among the branches they sing.
13 You water the mountains from your palace; by your labor the earth abounds.
14 You raise grass for the cattle and plants for our beasts of burden. You bring bread from the earth,
15 and wine to gladden our hearts, Oil to make our faces gleam, food to build our strength.
16 The trees of the LORD drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which you planted.
17 There the birds build their nests; junipers are the home of the stork.
18 The high mountains are for wild goats; the rocky cliffs, a refuge for badgers.
19 IV You made the moon to mark the seasons, the sun that knows the hour of its setting.
20 You bring darkness and night falls, then all the beasts of the forest roam abroad.
21 Young lions roar for prey; they seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they steal away and rest in their dens.
23 People go forth to their work, to their labor till evening falls.
24 V How varied are your works, LORD! In wisdom you have wrought them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Look at the sea, great and wide! It teems with countless beings, living things both large and small.
26 Here ships ply their course; here Leviathan, your creature, plays.
27 VI All of these look to you to give them food in due time.
28 When you give to them, they gather; when you open your hand, they are well filled.
29 When you hide your face, they are lost. When you take away their breath, they perish and return to the dust from which they came.
30 When you send forth your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
31 VII May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD be glad in these works!
32 If God glares at the earth, it trembles; if God touches the mountains, they smoke!
33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.
34 May my theme be pleasing to God; I will rejoice in the LORD.
35 May sinners vanish from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!