Psalms 97-103

Psalm 97

¹The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad.

²Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

³A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

⁴His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth;

⁶The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

⁸Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced; because of thy judgments, O LORD.

⁹For thou, LORD, art most high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰O ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

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

¹²Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks to his holy name.

Psalm 98

¹A Psalm. Sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.

²The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.

³He hath remembered his mercy and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.

⁵Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the voice of melody:

⁶With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.

⁷Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

⁸Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together;

⁹Before the LORD, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 99

¹The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble: he sitteth upon the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

²The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the peoples.

³Let them praise thy great and terrible name: holy is he.

⁴The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

⁵Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool: holy is he.

⁶Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call on his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

⁷He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

⁸Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

⁹Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

Psalm 100

¹A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

²Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

³Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

⁴Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: give thanks unto him, and bless his name.

⁵For the LORD is good; his mercy endureth for ever; and his faithfulness unto all generations.

Psalm 101

¹A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing praises.

²I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

³I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave unto me.

⁴A froward heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

⁵Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

⁶Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.

⁷He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

⁸Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.

Psalm 102

¹A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

²Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.

³For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.

⁴My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.

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

⁷I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.

⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

¹¹My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

¹²But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial unto all generations.

¹³Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time is come.

¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust.

¹⁵So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory:

¹⁶For the LORD hath built up Zion, he hath appeared in his glory;

¹⁷He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.

¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come: and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

²⁰To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

²¹That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

²²When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

²³He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

²⁴I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

²⁵Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

²⁶They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

²⁷But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

²⁸The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

Psalm 103

¹A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

²Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies:

⁵Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

⁶The LORD executeth righteous acts, and judgments for all that are oppressed.

⁷He made known his ways unto Moses, his doings unto the children of Israel.

⁸The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

⁹He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever.

¹⁰He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after our iniquities.

¹¹For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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

¹³Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

¹⁴For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

¹⁶For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

¹⁷But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

¹⁸To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his precepts to do them.

¹⁹The LORD hath established his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰Bless the LORD, ye angels of his: ye mighty in strength, that fulfill his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹Bless the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

²²Bless the LORD, all ye his works, in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.