“But blessed(A) is the one who trusts(B) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(C)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(D)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(E)

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Ascribe to the Lord,(A) all you families of nations,(B)
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    bring an offering(C) and come into his courts.(D)
Worship the Lord(E) in the splendor of his[a] holiness;(F)
    tremble(G) before him, all the earth.(H)
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.(I)
    The world is firmly established,(J) it cannot be moved;(K)
    he will judge(L) the peoples with equity.(M)

11 Let the heavens rejoice,(N) let the earth be glad;(O)
    let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
    let all the trees of the forest(P) sing for joy.(Q)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
    he comes to judge(R) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness(S)
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 96:9 Or Lord with the splendor of

but now I am going to him who sent me.(A) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’(B) Rather, you are filled with grief(C) because I have said these things. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate(D) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.(E) When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin,(F) because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness,(G) because I am going to the Father,(H) where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world(I) now stands condemned.

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