1The praise of a Song by David. Come, let us exult ¹⁸⁵in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Saviour.

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

3For the Lord is a great God, and a great king over all gods: ¹⁸⁶for the Lord will not cast off his people.

4For the ends of the earth are in his hands; and the heights of the mountains are his.

5For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6Come, let us worship and fall down before him; and weep before the Lord that made us.

7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

8To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, according to the day of ¹⁸⁷irritation in the wilderness:

9where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

10Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.

11So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.