Psalms 97-103

Psalm 97

¹Jehovah hath reigned, The earth is joyful, many isles rejoice.

²Cloud and darkness are round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.

³Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries.

⁴Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.

⁵Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour.

⁷Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

⁸Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.

⁹For Thou, Jehovah, art Most High over all the earth, Greatly Thou hast been exalted over all gods.

¹⁰Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy.

¹²Rejoice, ye righteous, in Jehovah, And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness!

Psalm 98

¹A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm.

²Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness,

³He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴Shout to Jehovah, all the earth, Break forth, and cry aloud, and sing.

⁵Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp, and voice of praise,

⁶With trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah.

⁷Roar doth the sea and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

⁸Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud,

⁹Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Psalm 99

¹Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh.

²Jehovah in Zion is great, And high He is over all the peoples.

³They praise Thy name, ‘Great, and fearful, holy it is.'

⁴And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

⁵Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His footstool, holy is He.

⁶Moses and Aaron among His priests, And Samuel among those proclaiming His name. They are calling unto Jehovah, And He doth answer them.

⁷In a pillar of cloud He speaketh unto them, They have kept His testimonies, And the statute He hath given to them.

⁸O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.

⁹Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His holy hill, For holy is Jehovah our God!

Psalm 100

¹A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth.

²Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.

³Know that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.

⁴Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

⁵For good is Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

Psalm 101

¹A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.

²I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

³I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

⁴A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

⁵Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

⁶Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

⁷He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

⁸At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

Psalm 102

¹A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.

²Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.

³For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

⁴Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

⁵From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.

⁶I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

⁷I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

⁸All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

⁹Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

¹⁰From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.

¹¹My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

¹²And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.

¹³Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.

¹⁴For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

¹⁵And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,

¹⁶For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

¹⁷He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

¹⁸This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.

¹⁹For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,

²⁰To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

²¹To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,

²²In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms -- to serve Jehovah.

²³He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

²⁴I say, ‘My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years.

²⁵Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands are the heavens.

²⁶They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.

²⁷And Thou art the same, and Thine years are not finished.

²⁸The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!

Psalm 103

¹By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts -- His Holy Name.

²Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,

³Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,

⁴Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee -- kindness and mercies,

⁵Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.

⁶Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

⁷He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.

⁸Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

⁹Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

¹⁰Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

¹¹For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

¹²As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

¹³As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

¹⁴For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.

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

¹⁶For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

¹⁷And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

¹⁸To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.

¹⁹Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.

²⁰Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power -- doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.

²¹Bless Jehovah, all ye His hosts, His ministers -- doing His pleasure.

²²Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!