1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord.

Let us shout out praises to our Protector who delivers us.

2 Let us enter his presence with thanksgiving.

Let us shout out to him in celebration.

3 For the Lord is a great God,

a great king who is superior to all gods.

4 The depths of the earth are in his hand,

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

5 The sea is his, for he made it.

His hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let us bow down and worship.

Let us kneel before the Lord, our Creator.

7 For he is our God;

we are the people of his pasture,

the sheep he owns.

Today, if only you would obey him.

8 He says, “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah,

like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

9 where your ancestors challenged my authority

and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

10 For 40 years I was continually disgusted with that generation,

and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray;

they do not obey my commands.’

11 So I made a vow in my anger,

‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”