Psalms 97-103

Psalm 97

¹Jehovah reigneth: let the earth be glad, let the many isles rejoice.

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 mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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

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

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

⁹For thou, Jehovah, art the Most High above all the earth; thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

¹⁰Ye that love Jehovah, 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 joy for the upright in heart.

¹²Rejoice in Jehovah, ye righteous; and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.

Psalm 98

¹A Psalm. Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: for he hath done wondrous things; his right hand and his holy arm hath wrought salvation for him.

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

³He hath 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.

⁴Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms.

⁵Sing psalms unto Jehovah with the harp: with the harp, and the voice of a song;

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

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

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

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

Psalm 99

¹Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth between the cherubim: let the earth be moved.

²Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

³They shall praise thy great and terrible name, -- it is holy! --

⁴And the strength of the king that loveth justice. *Thou* hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

⁵Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool. He is holy!

⁶Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name: they called unto Jehovah, and *he* answered them.

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

⁸Jehovah, our God, *thou* answeredst them: a forgiving God wast thou unto them, though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

⁹Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at the hill of his holiness; for holy is Jehovah our God.

Psalm 100

¹A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth!

²Serve Jehovah with joy: come before his presence with exultation.

³Know that Jehovah is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; 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, bless his name:

⁵For Jehovah is good; his loving-kindness endureth for ever; and his faithfulness from generation to generation.

Psalm 101

¹A Psalm of David. I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.

²I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

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

⁴A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

⁵Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a 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 serve me.

⁷He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.

⁸Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

Psalm 102

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

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

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

⁴My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

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

⁶I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

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

⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear 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 lifted me up, and cast me down.

¹¹My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.

¹²But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation.

¹³*Thou* wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.

¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust.

¹⁵And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

¹⁶When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.

¹⁷He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah:

¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth,

²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;

²¹That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

²²When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

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

²⁴I said, My God, take me not away in the midst of my days! ... Thy years are from generation to generation.

²⁵Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:

²⁶*They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as 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 abide, and their seed shall be established before thee.

Psalm 103

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

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

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

⁴Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

⁵Who satisfieth thine old age with good things; thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

⁶Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.

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

⁸Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.

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

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

¹¹For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.

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

¹³As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

¹⁴For himself 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 knoweth it no more.

¹⁷But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and 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.

¹⁹Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will.

²²Bless Jehovah, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless Jehovah, O my soul!