Psalm 96 and Ezekiel 34:17–31

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PSALM 96 

¹   O sing to the LORD a new song;
          sing to the LORD, all the earth.
²   Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
          tell of his salvation from day to day.
³   Declare his glory among the nations,
          his marvelous works among all the peoples.
⁴   For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
          he is to be revered above all gods.
⁵   For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
          but the LORD made the heavens.
⁶   Honor and majesty are before him;
          strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
⁷   Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples,
          ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
⁸   Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
          bring an offering, and come into his courts.
⁹   Worship the LORD in holy splendor;
          tremble before him, all the earth.

¹⁰  Say among the nations, “The LORD is king!
          The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
          He will judge the peoples with equity.”
¹¹  Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
          let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
¹²       let the field exult, and everything in it.
     Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
¹³       before the LORD; for he is coming,
          for he is coming to judge the earth.
     He will judge the world with righteousness,
          and the peoples with his truth.

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EZEKIEL 34:17–31

¹⁷As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats: ¹⁸Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture? When you drink of clear water, must you foul the rest with your feet? ¹⁹And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet?

²⁰Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. ²¹Because you pushed with flank and shoulder, and butted at all the weak animals with your horns until you scattered them far and wide, ²²I will save my flock, and they shall no longer be ravaged; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

²³I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. ²⁴And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken.

²⁵I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely. ²⁶I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. ²⁷The trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. They shall be secure on their soil; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke, and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them. ²⁸They shall no more be plunder for the nations, nor shall the animals of the land devour them; they shall live in safety, and no one shall make them afraid. ²⁹I will provide for them splendid vegetation, so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the insults of the nations. ³⁰They shall know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD. ³¹You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.