Psalm 98-102

Complete Jewish Bible

98 ⁽⁰⁾ A psalm:

⁽¹⁾ Sing a new song to Adonai,
because he has done wonders.
His right hand, his holy arm
have won him victory.
² Adonai has made known his victory;
revealed his vindication in full view of the nations,
³ remembered his grace and faithfulness
to the house of Isra’el.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.

⁴ Shout for joy to Adonai, all the earth!
Break forth, sing for joy, sing praises!
⁵ Sing praises to Adonai with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious music!
⁶ With trumpets and the sound of the shofar,
shout for joy before the king, Adonai!
⁷ Let the sea roar, and everything in it;
the world, and those living in it.
⁸ Let the floods clap their hands;
let the mountains sing together for joy
⁹ before Adonai, for he has come to judge the earth;
he will judge the world rightly and the peoples fairly.

99 Adonai is king; let the peoples tremble.
He sits enthroned on the k’ruvim; let the earth shake!
² Adonai is great in Tziyon;
he is high above all the peoples.

³ Let them praise your great and fearsome name (he is holy):
⁴ “Mighty king who loves justice, you established
fairness, justice and righteousness in Ya‘akov.”

⁵ Exalt Adonai our God!
Prostrate yourselves at his footstool (he is holy).

⁶ Moshe and Aharon among his cohanim
and Sh’mu’el among those who call on his name
called on Adonai, and he answered them.
⁷ He spoke to them in the column of cloud;
they kept his instructions and the law that he gave them.
⁸ Adonai our God, you answered them.
To them you were a forgiving God,
although you took vengeance on their wrongdoings.

⁹ Exalt Adonai our God,
bow down toward his holy mountain,
for Adonai our God is holy!

100 ⁽⁰⁾ A psalm of thanksgiving:

⁽¹⁾ Shout for joy to Adonai, all the earth!
² Serve Adonai with gladness.
Enter his presence with joyful songs.

³ Be aware that Adonai is God;
it is he who made us; and we are his,
his people, the flock in his pasture.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
enter his courtyards with praise;
give thanks to him, and bless his name.
⁵ For Adonai is good, his grace continues forever,
and his faithfulness lasts through all generations.
101 ⁽⁰⁾ A psalm of David:

⁽¹⁾ I am singing of grace and justice;
I am singing to you, Adonai.
² I will follow the path of integrity;
when will you come to me?
I will run my life with a sincere heart
inside my own house.
³ I will not allow before my eyes
any shameful thing.
I hate those who act crookedly;
what they do does not attract me.
⁴ Deviousness will depart from me;
I will not tolerate evil.
⁵ If someone slanders another in secret,
I will cut him off.
Haughty eyes and proud hearts
I cannot abide.

⁶ I look to the faithful of the land,
so that they can be my companions;
those who live lives of integrity
can be servants of mine.
⁷ No deceitful person can live in my house;
no liar can be my advisor.
⁸ Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
cutting off all evildoers
from the city of Adonai.

102 ⁽⁰⁾ Prayer of a sufferer overcome by weakness and pouring out his complaint before Adonai:

^2 (1) Adonai, hear my prayer!
Let my cry for help reach you!
^3 (2) Don’t hide your face from me
when I am in such distress!
Turn your ear toward me;
when I call, be quick to reply!

^4 (3) For my days are vanishing like smoke,
my bones are burning like a furnace.
^5 (4) I am stricken and withered like grass;
I forget to eat my food.
^6 (5) Because of my loud groaning,
I am just skin and bones.
^7 (6) I am like a great owl in the desert,
I’ve become like an owl in the ruins.
^8 (7) I lie awake and become
like a bird alone on the roof.

^9 (8) My enemies taunt me all day long;
mad with rage, they make my name a curse.
^10 (9) For I have been eating ashes like bread
and mingling tears with my drink
^11 (10) because of your furious anger,
since you picked me up just to toss me aside.
^12 (11) My days decline like an evening shadow;
I am drying up like grass.

^13 (12) But you, Adonai, are enthroned forever;
your renown will endure through all generations.
^14 (13) You will arise and take pity on Tziyon,
for the time has come to have mercy on her;
the time determined has come.
^15 (14) For your servants love her very stones;
they take pity even on her dust.

^16 (15) The nations will fear the name of Adonai
and all the kings on earth your glory,
^17 (16) when Adonai has rebuilt Tziyon,
and shows himself in his glory,
^18 (17) when he has heeded the plea of the poor
and not despised their prayer.
^19 (18) May this be put on record for a future generation;
may a people yet to be created praise Adonai.

^20 (19) For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary;
from heaven Adonai surveys the earth
^21 (20) to listen to the sighing of the prisoner,
to set free those who are sentenced to death,
^22 (21) to proclaim the name of Adonai in Tziyon
and his praise in Yerushalayim
^23 (22) when peoples and kingdoms have been gathered together
to serve Adonai.

^24 (23) He has broken my strength in midcourse,
he has cut short my days.
^25 (24) I plead, “God, your years last through all generations;
so don’t take me away when my life is half over!

^26 (25) In the beginning, you laid the foundations of the earth;
heaven is the work of your hands.
^27 (26) They will vanish, but you will remain;
like clothing, they will all grow old;
yes, you will change them like clothing,
and they will pass away.
^28 (27) But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.
^29 (28) The children of your servants will live securely
and their descendants be established in your presence.”