79:1<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls. 79:2They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. 79:3Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place. 79:4We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us. 79:5How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire? 79:6Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name. 79:7For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house. 79:8Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low. 79:9Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name. 79:10Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes. 79:11Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death; 79:12And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord. 79:13So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.
80:1<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen. 80:2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation. 80:3Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe. 80:4O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people? 80:5You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure. 80:6You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves. 80:7Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe. 80:8You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land. 80:9You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land. 80:10The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches. 80:11It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River. 80:12Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit? 80:13It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it. 80:14Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it, 80:15Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself. 80:16It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face. 80:17Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. 80:18So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name. 80:19Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
81:1<To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.> Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob. 81:2Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments. 81:3Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day: 81:4For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 81:5He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears. 81:6I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets. 81:7You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.) 81:8Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say! 81:9There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god. 81:10I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food. 81:11But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me. 81:12So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes. 81:13If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways! 81:14I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them. 81:15The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal. 81:16I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
82:1<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods. 82:2How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.) 82:3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights. 82:4Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers. 82:5They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved. 82:6I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High: 82:7But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth. 82:8Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.
83:1<A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God. 83:2For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads. 83:3They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place. 83:4They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory. 83:5For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you: 83:6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagarites; 83:7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the people of Tyre; 83:8Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.) 83:9Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon: 83:10Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste. 83:11Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna: 83:12Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God. 83:13O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind. 83:14As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains, 83:15So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm. 83:16Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord. 83:17Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction; 83:18So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
84:1<To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies! 84:2The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God. 84:3The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God. 84:4Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.) 84:5Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 84:6Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain. 84:7They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion. 84:8O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.) 84:9O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king. 84:10For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin. 84:11The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright. 84:12O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.
85:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob. 85:2The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all their sin had been covered. (Selah.) 85:3You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath. 85:4Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer. 85:5Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations? 85:6Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you? 85:7Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your salvation. 85:8I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways. 85:9Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land. 85:10Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss. 85:11Faith comes up from the earth like a plant; righteousness is looking down from heaven. 85:12The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase. 85:13Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.
86:1<A Prayer. Of David.> Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need. 86:2Keep my soul, for I am true to you; O my God, give salvation to your servant, whose hope is in you. 86:3Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day. 86:4Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord. 86:5You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you. 86:6O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the sound of my requests. 86:7In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for you will give me an answer. 86:8There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works. 86:9Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name. 86:10For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God. 86:11Make your way clear to me, O Lord; I will go on my way in your faith: let my heart be glad in the fear of your name. 86:12I will give you praise, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will give glory to your name for ever. 86:13For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld. 86:14O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them. 86:15But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom. 86:16O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant. 86:17Give me a sign for good; so that my haters may see it and be shamed; because you, Lord, have been my help and comfort.
87:1<Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This house is resting on the holy mountain. 87:2The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob. 87:3Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.) 87:4Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there. 87:5And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong. 87:6The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.) 87:7The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.
88:1<A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night: 88:2Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry: 88:3For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld. 88:4I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help: 88:5My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care. 88:6You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places. 88:7The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.) 88:8You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out. 88:9My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you. 88:10Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.) 88:11Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction? 88:12May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead? 88:13But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you. 88:14Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me? 88:15I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength. 88:16The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments. 88:17They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me. 88:18You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
89:1<Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations. 89:2For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens. 89:3I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant; 89:4I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.) 89:5In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints. 89:6For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods? 89:7God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him. 89:8O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you. 89:9You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm. 89:10Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters. 89:11Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it. 89:12You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name. 89:13Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand. 89:14The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face. 89:15Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way. 89:16In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up. 89:17For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up. 89:18For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's. 89:19Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people. 89:20I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head. 89:21My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength. 89:22The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil. 89:23I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows. 89:24But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up. 89:25I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 89:26He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. 89:27And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth. 89:28I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed. 89:29His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens. 89:30If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions; 89:31If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept; 89:32Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing. 89:33But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith. 89:34I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed. 89:35I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David. 89:36His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me. 89:37It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.) 89:38But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection. 89:39You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth. 89:40All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction. 89:41All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours. 89:42You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him. 89:43His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight. 89:44You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth. 89:45You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.) 89:46How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire? 89:47See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose? 89:48What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.) 89:49Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith? 89:50Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart; 89:51The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king. 89:52Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
90:1<A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations. 90:2Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God. 90:3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men. 90:4For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. 90:5... 90:6In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry. 90:7We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath. 90:8You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face. 90:9For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath. 90:10The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone. 90:11Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion? 90:12So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom. 90:13Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed. 90:14In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days. 90:15Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil. 90:16Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children. 90:17Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; 91:2Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope. 91:3He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease. 91:4You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation. 91:5You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day, 91:6Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high. 91:7You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. 91:8Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers. 91:9Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place; 91:10No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent. 91:11For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go. 91:12In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. 91:13You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet. 91:14Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart. 91:15When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour. 91:16With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
92:1<A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High; 92:2To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; 92:3On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound. 92:4For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands. 92:5O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. 92:6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in. 92:7When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction. 92:8But you, O Lord, are on high for ever. 92:9For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight; 92:10But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head. 92:11My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me. 92:12The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon. 92:13Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens. 92:14They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth; 92:15For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
93:1The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved. 93:2The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal. 93:3The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry. 93:4The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea. 93:5Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.
94:1O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. 94:2Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. 94:3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? 94:4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. 94:5Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, 94:6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; 94:7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. 94:8Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? 94:9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed? 94:10He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man? 94:11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath. 94:12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law; 94:13So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners. 94:14The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage; 94:15But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true. 94:16Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil? 94:17If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death. 94:18If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support. 94:19Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul. 94:20What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law? 94:21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong. 94:22But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe. 94:23And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
95:1O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation. 95:2Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs. 95:3For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods. 95:4The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his. 95:5The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands. 95:6O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker. 95:7For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice! 95:8Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land; 95:9When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work. 95:10For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways; 95:11And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
96:1O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord. 96:2Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day. 96:3Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples. 96:4For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods. 96:5For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens. 96:6Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his holy place. 96:7Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. 96:8Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house. 96:9O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth. 96:10Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples. 96:11Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters; 96:12Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy, 96:13Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.
97:1The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad. 97:2Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging. 97:3Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about. 97:4His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear. 97:5The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth. 97:6The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory. 97:7Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods. 97:8Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord. 97:9For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods. 97:10You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners. 97:11Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy. 97:12Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name.
98:1<A Psalm.> O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome. 98:2The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. 98:3He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 98:4Let all the earth send out a glad cry to the Lord; sounding with a loud voice, and praising him with songs of joy. 98:5Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song. 98:6With wind instruments and the sound of the horn, make a glad cry before the Lord, the King. 98:7Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it; 98:8Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together, 98:9Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.