Psalm 99 and Psalm 118

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PSALM 99 

¹   The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble!
          He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
²   The LORD is great in Zion;
          he is exalted over all the peoples.
³   Let them praise your great and awesome name.
          Holy is he!
⁴   Mighty King, lover of justice,
          you have established equity;
     you have executed justice
          and righteousness in Jacob.
⁵   Extol the LORD our God;
          worship at his footstool.
          Holy is he!

⁶   Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
          Samuel also was among those who called on his name.
          They cried to the LORD, and he answered them.
⁷   He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
          they kept his decrees,
          and the statutes that he gave them.

⁸   O LORD our God, you answered them;
          you were a forgiving God to them,
          but an avenger of their wrongdoings. 
⁹   Extol the LORD our God,
          and worship at his holy mountain;
          for the LORD our God is holy.

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PSALM 118

¹   O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
          his steadfast love endures forever!

²   Let Israel say,
          “His steadfast love endures forever.”
³   Let the house of Aaron say,
          “His steadfast love endures forever.”
⁴   Let those who fear the LORD say,
          “His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁵   Out of my distress I called on the LORD;
          the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.
⁶   With the LORD on my side I do not fear.
          What can mortals do to me?
⁷   The LORD is on my side to help me;
          I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
⁸   It is better to take refuge in the LORD
          than to put confidence in mortals.
⁹   It is better to take refuge in the LORD
          than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰  All nations surrounded me; 
          in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
¹¹  They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
          in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
¹²  They surrounded me like bees;
          they blazed like a fire of thorns;
          in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
¹³  I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,
          but the LORD helped me.
¹⁴  The LORD is my strength and my might;
          he has become my salvation.

¹⁵  There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:
     “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly;
¹⁶       the right hand of the LORD is exalted;
          the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.”
¹⁷  I shall not die, but I shall live,
          and recount the deeds of the LORD.
¹⁸  The LORD has punished me severely,
          but he did not give me over to death.

¹⁹  Open to me the gates of righteousness,
          that I may enter through them
          and give thanks to the LORD.

²⁰  This is the gate of the LORD;
          the righteous shall enter through it.

²¹  I thank you that you have answered me
          and have become my salvation.
²²  The stone that the builders rejected
          has become the chief cornerstone.
²³  This is the LORD’s doing;
          it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴  This is the day that the LORD has made;
          let us rejoice and be glad in it.
²⁵  Save us, we beseech you, O LORD!
          O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!

²⁶  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD.
          We bless you from the house of the LORD.
²⁷  The LORD is God,
          and he has given us light.
     Bind the festal procession with branches,
          up to the horns of the altar.

²⁸  You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
          you are my God, I will extol you.

²⁹  O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
          for his steadfast love endures forever.