Psalm 90–92

Psalm 90

¹The praise of a canticle for David.

He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

²He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

³For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.

⁴He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

⁵His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

⁶Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

⁷A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.

⁸But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.

⁹Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.

¹⁰There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.

¹¹For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

¹²In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

¹³Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

¹⁴Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

¹⁵He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

¹⁶I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

Psalm 91

¹A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.

²It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

³To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night:

⁴Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

⁵For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

⁶O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

⁷The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

⁸When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

⁹But thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore.

¹⁰For behold thy enemies, O lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

¹¹But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.

¹²My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

¹³The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

¹⁴They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

¹⁵They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be well treated,

¹⁶That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

Psalm 92

The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

²My throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.

³The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves,

⁴With the noise of many waters. Wonderful are the surges of the sea: wonderful is the Lord on high.

⁵Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.