A Psalm.

98 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.

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

³ He 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

99 Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

100 Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth!

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

³ Know 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.

⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving [and] into his courts with praise; give thanks unto him, bless his name:

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

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.

² I 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.

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

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

⁵ Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

⁶ Mine 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.

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

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

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.

102 Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁸ Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.

⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰ Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

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

¹² But 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁵ Of 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.

²⁷ But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end.

²⁸ The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee.