Psalm 100

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for giving thanks.

1  Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2  Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

3  Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;t
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4  Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!

5  For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 101

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

1  I will sing of steadfast love and justice;
to you, O Lord, I will make music.
2  I will ponder the way that is blameless.
Oh when will you come to me?
I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
3  I will not set before my eyes
anything that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
4  A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.

5  Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
I will destroy.
Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not endure.

6  I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.

7  No one who practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue before my eyes.

8  Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all the evildoers
from the city of the Lord.

Psalm 102

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.

1  Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry come to you!
2  Do not hide your face from me
in the day of my distress!
Incline your ear to me;
answer me speedily in the day when I call!

3  For my days pass away like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.
4  My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;
I forget to eat my bread.
5  Because of my loud groaning
my bones cling to my flesh.
6  I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,
like an owlt of the waste places;
7  I lie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
8  All the day my enemies taunt me;
those who deride me use my name for a curse.
9  For I eat ashes like bread
and mingle tears with my drink,
10  because of your indignation and anger;
for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
11  My days are like an evening shadow;
I wither away like grass.

12  But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;
you are remembered throughout all generations.
13  You will arise and have pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
the appointed time has come.
14  For your servants hold her stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
15  Nations will fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16  For the Lord builds up Zion;
he appears in his glory;
17  he regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.

18  Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
19  that he looked down from his holy height;
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
20  to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die,
21  that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
and in Jerusalem his praise,
22  when peoples gather together,
and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23  He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.
24  "O my God," I say, "take me not away
in the midst of my days—
you whose years endure
throughout all generations!"

25  Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26  They will perish, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
27  but you are the same, and your years have no end.
28  The children of your servants shall dwell secure;
their offspring shall be established before you.