PSALM 94

The Lord Implored to Avenge His People.

1 O Lord, God of 1avengeance,

God of 1vengeance, 2bshine forth!

2 aRise up, O bJudge of the earth,

Render recompense cto the proud.

3 How long shall the wicked, O Lord,

How long shall the awicked exult?

4 They pour forth words, they aspeak arrogantly;

All who do wickedness bvaunt themselves.

5 They acrush Your people, O Lord,

And bafflict Your heritage.

6 They aslay the widow and the 1stranger

And murder the orphans.

7 aThey have said, “1The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”

8 Pay heed, you asenseless among the people;

And when will you understand, astupid ones?

9 He who aplanted the ear, 1does He not hear?

He who formed the eye, 1does He not see?

10 He who 1achastens the nations, will He not rebuke,

Even He who bteaches man knowledge?

11 The Lord aknows the thoughts of man,

1That they are a mere breath.

12 Blessed is the man whom aYou chasten, O 1Lord,

And bwhom You teach out of Your law;

13 That You may grant him arelief from the bdays of adversity,

Until ca pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For athe Lord will not abandon His people,

Nor will He bforsake His inheritance.

15 For 1ajudgment 2will again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart 3will follow it.

16 Who will astand up for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me bagainst those who do wickedness?

17 If athe Lord had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

18 If I should say, “aMy foot has slipped,”

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.

19 When my anxious thoughts 1multiply within me,

Your aconsolations delight my soul.

20 Can a 1athrone of destruction be allied with You,

One bwhich devises 2mischief by decree?

21 They aband themselves together against the 1life of the righteous

And bcondemn 2the innocent to death.

22 But the Lord has been my astronghold,

And my God the brock of my refuge.

23 He has abrought back their wickedness upon them

And will 1bdestroy them in their evil;

The Lord our God will 1destroy them.

PSALM 95

Praise to the Lord, and Warning against Unbelief.

1 O come, let us asing for joy to the Lord,

Let us shout joyfully to bthe rock of our salvation.

2 Let us acome before His presence bwith 1thanksgiving,

Let us shout joyfully to Him cwith 2psalms.

3 For the Lord is a agreat God

And a great King babove all gods,

4 In whose hand are the adepths of the earth,

The peaks of the mountains are His also.

5 1The sea is His, for it was He awho made it,

And His hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let us aworship and bow down,

Let us bkneel before the Lord our cMaker.

7 For He is our God,

And awe are the people of His 1bpasture and the sheep of His hand.

cToday, 2if you would hear His voice,

8 Do not harden your hearts, as at 1aMeribah,

As in the day of 2bMassah in the wilderness,

9 “When your fathers atested Me,

They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

10 “For aforty years I loathed that generation,

And said they are a people who err in their heart,

And they do not know My ways.

11 “Therefore I aswore in My anger,

Truly they shall not enter into My brest.”

PSALM 96

A Call to Worship the Lord the Righteous Judge.

1 aSing to the Lord a bnew song;

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

aProclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.

3 Tell of aHis glory among the nations,

His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

4 For agreat is the Lord and bgreatly to be praised;

He is to be cfeared dabove all gods.

5 For aall the gods of the peoples are 1idols,

But bthe Lord made the heavens.

6 aSplendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

7 1Ascribe to the Lord, O afamilies of the peoples,

1bAscribe to the Lord glory and strength.

8 1Ascribe to the Lord the aglory of His name;

Bring an 2boffering and come into His courts.

9 aWorship the Lord in 1holy attire;

bTremble before Him, all the earth.

10 Say among the nations, “aThe Lord reigns;

Indeed, the aworld is firmly established, it will not be moved;

He will bjudge the peoples with 1equity.”

11 Let the aheavens be glad, and let the bearth rejoice;

Let cthe sea 1roar, and 2all it contains;

12 Let the afield exult, and all that is in it.

Then all the btrees of the forest will sing for joy

13 Before the Lord, afor He is coming,

For He is coming to judge the earth.

bHe will judge the world in righteousness

And the peoples in His faithfulness.