1 Come, let us praise the Lord!

Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!

2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and sing joyful songs of praise.

3 For the Lord is a mighty God,

a mighty king over all the gods.

4 He rules over the whole earth,

from the deepest caves to the highest hills.

5 He rules over the sea, which he made;

the land also, which he himself formed.

6 Come, let us bow down and worship him;

let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

7 *He 3.7-11*He 3.15;4.7 He is our God;

we are the people he cares for,

the flock for which he provides.

Listen today to what he says:

8 *Ex 17.1-7;Nu 20.2-13 "Don’t be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,

as they were that day in the desert at Massah.

9 There they put me to the test and tried me,

although they had seen what I did for them.

10 For forty years I was disgusted with those people.

I said, ‘How disloyal they are!

They refuse to obey my commands.’

11 *Nu 14.20-23;Dt 1.34-36;He 4.3,5;Dt 12.9,10 I was angry and made a solemn promise:

‘You will never enter the land

where I would have given you rest.’"