Psalm 95-96

Contemporary English Version

³ The Lord is the greatest God,
    king over all other gods.
⁴ He holds the deepest part
    of the earth in his hands,
and the mountain peaks
    also belong to him.
⁵ The ocean is the Lord's
    because he made it,
and with his own hands
    he formed the dry land.

⁶ Bow down and worship
    the Lord our Creator!
^7 (A)(B) The Lord is our God,
    and we are his people,
the sheep he takes care of
    in his own pasture.

Listen to God's voice today!
^8 (C) Don't be stubborn and rebel
    as your ancestors did
at Meribah and Massah^[b]
    out in the desert.
⁹ For forty years
they tested God and saw
    the things he did.
¹⁰ Then God got tired of them
    and said,
“You never show good sense,
and you don't understand
    what I want you to do.”
^11 (D) In his anger, God told them,
“You people will never enter
    my place of rest.”

Day after day announce,
    “The Lord has saved us!”
³ Tell every nation on earth,
“The Lord is wonderful
    and does marvelous things!
⁴ The Lord is great and deserves
    our greatest praise!
He is the only God
    worthy of our worship.
⁵ Other nations worship idols,
but the Lord created
    the heavens.
⁶ Give honor and praise
    to the Lord,
whose power and beauty
    fill his holy temple.”

^7 (E) Tell everyone of every nation,
“Praise the glorious power
    of the Lord.
⁸ He is wonderful! Praise him
and bring an offering
    into his temple.
⁹ Everyone on earth, now tremble
and worship the Lord,
    majestic and holy.”

¹⁰ Announce to the nations,
    “The Lord is King!
The world stands firm,
    never to be shaken,
and he will judge its people
    with fairness.”

¹¹ Tell the heavens and the earth
    to be glad and celebrate!
Command the ocean to roar
    with all its creatures
¹² and the fields to rejoice
    with all their crops.
Then every tree in the forest
will sing joyful songs
¹³     to the Lord.
He is coming to judge
all people on earth
    with fairness and truth.