Make a Joyful Noise (Psalm 100:1–5)
1 UST This is a note for the worship leader: This is a song, a psalm. Everyone on earth should shout joyfully to praise God! BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
2 UST They should sing songs that tell how glorious God is and how much he deserves praise for being glorious. BSB BSB: Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.
3 UST Everyone should tell God,“You do such amazing things! You are so powerful that your enemies come and bow down fearfully in front of you. BSB BSB: Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
4 UST Everyone on earth should worship you and sing to praise you for your excellent character.” Selah BSB BSB: All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah
5 UST Come and consider what God has done! Think about the amazing things that he has done among people. BSB BSB: Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
6 UST He made a dry path through the Sea of Reeds so that our ancestors could walk right through it. They also walked across the Jordan River{ when he stopped it from flowing}. After they crossed, they celebrated what God had done, and we should still celebrate that today. BSB BSB: He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
7 UST He is so powerful that he rules forever. He observes what all the people groups do, so anyone who considers rebelling against him should not think that he will be able to do that. Selah BSB BSB: He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8 UST People from every nation, praise our God! Praise him loudly so that others will hear you as you praise him. BSB BSB: Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
9 UST He has kept us alive, and he has not allowed anyone to destroy us. BSB BSB: He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
10 UST God, you have allowed us to experience great difficulties{ in order to make us pure}, just as people put silver in a hot fire so they can purify it. BSB BSB: For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
11 UST It is as if you allowed someone to catch us in a trap or made us carry a load that was almost too heavy for us. BSB BSB: You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
12 UST It is as if you allowed our enemies to trample on us. We experienced troubles that were like walking through fires and floods. But now you have brought us to a place where we are safe and have plenty of food. BSB BSB: You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
13 UST God, I have come to your temple bringing offerings for the priests to burn completely on the altar. I am doing what I promised to do for you. BSB BSB: I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
14 UST When I was experiencing great trouble, I said that I would bring these offerings to you{ if you rescued me}. BSB BSB: the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
15 UST So I have brought fat sheep to burn on the altar, and I have also brought bulls and goats. When they are burning, you will enjoy the smell of the smoke. Selah BSB BSB: I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
16 UST All you people who deeply respect God, come and listen as I tell you what he has done for me. BSB BSB: Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
17 UST I called out to him to help me, and I praised him as I was praying to him. BSB BSB: I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
18 UST If I had secretly intended to commit sins, the Lord would not have done what I asked. BSB BSB: If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
19 UST { But I did not do that,} so God has done what I asked. BSB BSB: But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
20 UST I praise God because he did what I asked him to do. He has continued to be kind to me, as he promised. BSB BSB: Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
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