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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.
Adonai has made known his victory;
revealed his vindication in full view of the nations,
remembered his grace and faithfulness
to the house of Isra’el.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.

Shout for joy to Adonai, all the earth!
Break forth, sing for joy, sing praises!
Sing praises to Adonai with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious music!
With trumpets and the sound of the shofar,
shout for joy before the king, Adonai!
Let the sea roar, and everything in it;
the world, and those living in it.
Let the floods clap their hands;
let the mountains sing together for joy
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!
Adonai is great in Tziyon;
he is high above all the peoples.

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

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

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

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!
Serve Adonai with gladness.
Enter his presence with joyful songs.

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

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
enter his courtyards with praise;
give thanks to him, and bless his name.
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.
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.
I will not allow before my eyes
any shameful thing.
I hate those who act crookedly;
what they do does not attract me.
Deviousness will depart from me;
I will not tolerate evil.
If someone slanders another in secret,
I will cut him off.
Haughty eyes and proud hearts
I cannot abide.

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.
No deceitful person can live in my house;
no liar can be my advisor.
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:

(1) Adonai, hear my prayer!
Let my cry for help reach you!
(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!

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

(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.”

Psalm 98

A psalm.

Sing to the Lord(A) a new song,(B)
    for he has done marvelous things;(C)
his right hand(D) and his holy arm(E)
    have worked salvation(F) for him.
The Lord has made his salvation known(G)
    and revealed his righteousness(H) to the nations.(I)
He has remembered(J) his love
    and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth(K) have seen
    the salvation of our God.(L)

Shout for joy(M) to the Lord, all the earth,
    burst into jubilant song with music;
make music to the Lord with the harp,(N)
    with the harp and the sound of singing,(O)
with trumpets(P) and the blast of the ram’s horn(Q)
    shout for joy(R) before the Lord, the King.(S)

Let the sea(T) resound, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it.(U)
Let the rivers clap their hands,(V)
    let the mountains(W) sing together for joy;
let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(X)

Psalm 99

The Lord reigns,(Y)
    let the nations tremble;(Z)
he sits enthroned(AA) between the cherubim,(AB)
    let the earth shake.
Great is the Lord(AC) in Zion;(AD)
    he is exalted(AE) over all the nations.
Let them praise(AF) your great and awesome name(AG)
    he is holy.(AH)

The King(AI) is mighty, he loves justice(AJ)
    you have established equity;(AK)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.(AL)
Exalt(AM) the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

Moses(AN) and Aaron(AO) were among his priests,
    Samuel(AP) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered(AQ) them.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;(AR)
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

Lord our God,
    you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,(AS)
    though you punished(AT) their misdeeds.[a]
Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.

Psalm 100

A psalm. For giving grateful praise.

Shout for joy(AU) to the Lord, all the earth.
    Worship the Lord(AV) with gladness;
    come before him(AW) with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.(AX)
    It is he who made us,(AY) and we are his[b];
    we are his people,(AZ) the sheep of his pasture.(BA)

Enter his gates with thanksgiving(BB)
    and his courts(BC) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.(BD)
For the Lord is good(BE) and his love endures forever;(BF)
    his faithfulness(BG) continues through all generations.

Psalm 101

Of David. A psalm.

I will sing of your love(BH) and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
I will be careful to lead a blameless life(BI)
    when will you come to me?

I will conduct the affairs(BJ) of my house
    with a blameless heart.
I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.(BK)

I hate what faithless people do;(BL)
    I will have no part in it.
The perverse of heart(BM) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

Whoever slanders their neighbor(BN) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(BO) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless(BP)
    will minister to me.

No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

Every morning(BQ) I will put to silence
    all the wicked(BR) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer(BS)
    from the city of the Lord.(BT)

Psalm 102[c]

A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.

Hear my prayer,(BU) Lord;
    let my cry for help(BV) come to you.
Do not hide your face(BW) from me
    when I am in distress.
Turn your ear(BX) to me;
    when I call, answer me quickly.

For my days vanish like smoke;(BY)
    my bones(BZ) burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(CA)
    I forget to eat my food.(CB)
In my distress I groan aloud(CC)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,(CD)
    like an owl among the ruins.
I lie awake;(CE) I have become
    like a bird alone(CF) on a roof.
All day long my enemies(CG) taunt me;(CH)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.(CI)
For I eat ashes(CJ) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears(CK)
10 because of your great wrath,(CL)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like the evening shadow;(CM)
    I wither(CN) away like grass.

12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;(CO)
    your renown endures(CP) through all generations.(CQ)
13 You will arise(CR) and have compassion(CS) on Zion,
    for it is time(CT) to show favor(CU) to her;
    the appointed time(CV) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear(CW) the name of the Lord,
    all the kings(CX) of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(CY)
    and appear in his glory.(CZ)
17 He will respond to the prayer(DA) of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

18 Let this be written(DB) for a future generation,
    that a people not yet created(DC) may praise the Lord:
19 “The Lord looked down(DD) from his sanctuary on high,
    from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(DE)
    and release those condemned to death.”
21 So the name of the Lord will be declared(DF) in Zion
    and his praise(DG) in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms
    assemble to worship(DH) the Lord.

23 In the course of my life[d] he broke my strength;
    he cut short my days.(DI)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on(DJ) through all generations.
25 In the beginning(DK) you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens(DL) are the work of your hands.(DM)
26 They will perish,(DN) but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,(DO)
    and your years will never end.(DP)
28 The children of your servants(DQ) will live in your presence;
    their descendants(DR) will be established before you.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 99:8 Or God, / an avenger of the wrongs done to them
  2. Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
  3. Psalm 102:1 In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.
  4. Psalm 102:23 Or By his power