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Psalm 97

¹The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
²Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
³A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
⁴His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
⁵The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
⁶The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
⁷Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
⁸Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.
⁹For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
¹⁰Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
¹²Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Psalm 98

¹O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
²The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
³He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
⁴Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
⁵Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
⁶With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
⁷Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
⁸Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
⁹Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

2Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.
²And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
³And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
⁴And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
⁵But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
⁶And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
⁷So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
⁸And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
⁹Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
¹⁰But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
¹¹Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
¹²And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
¹³So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

²⁰Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
²¹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
²²But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
²³And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
²⁴But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
²⁵At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
²⁶Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
²⁷All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.