Praise

A Hymn of Thanksgiving

Psalm 65

FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. A PSALM OF DAVID. A SONG.

¹God, you will be praised in Jerusalem.

We will keep our promises to you.

²You hear our prayers.

All people will come to you.

³Our guilt overwhelms us,

but you forgive our sins.

⁴Happy are the people you choose

and invite to stay in your court.

We are filled with good things in your house,

your holy Temple.

⁵You answer us in amazing ways,

God our Savior.

People everywhere on the earth

and beyond the sea trust you.

⁶You made the mountains by your strength;

you are dressed in power.

⁷You stopped the roaring seas,

the roaring waves,

and the uproar of the nations.

⁸Even those people at the ends of the earth fear your miracles.

You are praised from where the sun rises to where it sets.

⁹You take care of the land and water it;

you make it very fertile.

The rivers of God are full of water.

Grain grows because you make it grow.

¹⁰You send rain to the plowed fields;

you fill the rows with water.

You soften the ground with rain,

and then you bless it with crops.

¹¹You give the year a good harvest,

and you load the wagons with many crops.

¹²The desert is covered with grass

and the hills with happiness.

¹³The pastures are full of flocks,

and the valleys are covered with grain.

Everything shouts and sings for joy.

Title: The Holy Bible, New Century Version

The Lord of Power and Justice

Psalm 98

A PSALM.

¹Sing to the LORD a new song,

because he has done miracles.

By his right hand and holy arm

he has won the victory.

²The LORD has made known his power to save;

he has shown the other nations his victory for his people.

³He has remembered his love

and his loyalty to the people of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have seen

God’s power to save.

⁴Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth;

burst into songs and make music.

⁵Make music to the LORD with harps,

with harps and the sound of singing.

⁶Blow the trumpets and the sheep’s horns;

shout for joy to the LORD the King.

⁷Let the sea and everything in it shout;

let the world and everyone in it sing.

⁸Let the rivers clap their hands;

let the mountains sing together for joy.

⁹Let them sing before the LORD,

because he is coming to judge the world.

He will judge the world fairly;

he will judge the peoples with fairness.

Title: The Holy Bible, New Century Version

A Hymn of Thanksgiving

Psalm 138

A PSALM OF DAVID.

¹LORD, I will thank you with all my heart;

I will sing to you before the gods.

²I will bow down facing your holy Temple,

and I will thank you for your love and loyalty.

You have made your name and your word

greater than anything.

³On the day I called to you, you answered me.

You made me strong and brave.

⁴LORD, let all the kings of the earth praise you

when they hear the words you speak.

⁵They will sing about what the LORD has done,

because the LORD’S glory is great.

⁶Though the LORD is supreme,

he takes care of those who are humble,

but he stays away from the proud.

⁷LORD, even when I have trouble all around me,

you will keep me alive.

When my enemies are angry,

you will reach down and save me by your power.

⁸LORD, you do everything for me.

LORD, your love continues forever.

Do not leave us, whom you made.