From Everlasting to Everlasting

90 A sPrayer of Moses, the tman of God.

1  Lord, you have been our udwelling place1

in all generations.

2  vBefore the wmountains were brought forth,

or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

xfrom everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3  You return man to dust

and say, y“Return, zO children of man!”2

4  For aa thousand years in your sight

are but as byesterday when it is past,

or as ca watch in the night.

5  You dsweep them away as with a flood; they are like ea dream,

like fgrass that is renewed in the morning:

6  in ithe morning it flourishes and is renewed;

in the evening it jfades and kwithers.

7  For we are brought to an end by your anger;

by your wrath we are dismayed.

8  You have lset our iniquities before you,

our msecret sins in the light of your presence.

9  For all our days pass away under your wrath;

we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

10  The years of our life are seventy,

or even by reason of strength eighty;

yet their span3 is but toil and trouble;

they are soon gone, and we fly away.

11  Who considers the power of your anger,

and your wrath according to the fear of you?

12  nSo teach us to number our days

that we may get a heart of wisdom.

13  oReturn, O Lord! pHow long?

Have qpity on your servants!

14  Satisfy us in the smorning with your steadfast love,

that we may trejoice and be glad all our days.

15  Make us glad for as many days as you have uafflicted us,

and for as many years as we have seen evil.

16  Let your vwork be shown to your servants,

and your glorious power to their children.

17  Let the xfavor4 of the Lord our God be upon us,

and establish ythe work of our hands upon us;

yes, establish the work of our hands!

My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in athe shelter of the Most High

will abide in bthe shadow of the Almighty.

2  I will say1 to the Lord, “My crefuge and my dfortress,

my God, in whom I etrust.”

3  For he will deliver you from fthe snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence.

4  He will gcover you with his pinions,

and under his hwings you will ifind refuge;

his jfaithfulness is ka shield and buckler.

5  lYou will not fear mthe terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6  nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7  A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8  You will only look with your eyes

and nsee the recompense of the wicked.

9  Because you have made the Lord your odwelling place—

the Most High, who is my crefuge2—

10  pno evil shall be allowed to befall you,

qno plague come near your tent.

11  rFor he will command his sangels concerning you

to tguard you in all your ways.

12  On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you ustrike your foot against a stone.

13  You will tread on vthe lion and the wadder;

the young lion and xthe serpent you will ytrample underfoot.

14  “Because he zholds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he aknows my name.

15  When he bcalls to me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and chonor him.

16  With dlong life I will satisfy him

and eshow him my salvation.”

How Great Are Your Works

92 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

1  fIt is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to your name, gO Most High;

2  to declare your hsteadfast love in ithe morning,

and your hfaithfulness by inight,

3  to the music of jthe lute and jthe harp,

to the melody of jthe lyre.

4  For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your kwork;

at lthe works of your hands I sing for joy.

5  How mgreat are your works, O Lord!

Your nthoughts are very odeep!

6  The stupid man cannot know;

the fool cannot understand this:

7  that though pthe wicked sprout like grass

and all qevildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

8  but you, O Lord, are ron high forever.

9  For behold, your enemies, O Lord,

for behold, your enemies shall perish;

all evildoers shall be sscattered.

10  But you have exalted my thorn like that of uthe wild ox;

you have vpoured over me1 fresh oil.

11  My weyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12  xThe righteous flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13  They are planted in the house of the Lord;

they flourish in ythe courts of our God.

14  They still bear fruit in old age;

they are ever full of sap and green,

15  zto declare that the Lord is upright;

he is my arock, and there is bno unrighteousness in him.

The Lord Reigns

93 cThe Lord reigns; he is drobed in majesty;

the Lord is erobed; he has fput on strength as his belt.

gYes, the world is established; hit shall never be moved.

2  iYour throne is established from of old;

jyou are from everlasting.

3  kThe floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their roaring.

4  Mightier than the thunders of many waters,

mightier than the waves of the sea,

lthe Lord mon high is mighty!

5  Your ndecrees are very trustworthy;

oholiness befits your house,

O Lord, forevermore.

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94 O Lord, God of pvengeance,

O God of vengeance, qshine forth!

2  rRise up, O sjudge of the earth;

repay to the tproud what they deserve!

3  O Lord, uhow long shall the wicked,

how long shall vthe wicked exult?

4  They pour out their warrogant words;

all xthe evildoers boast.

5  They ycrush your people, O Lord,

and afflict your heritage.

6  They kill zthe widow and the sojourner,

and murder zthe fatherless;

7  aand they say, “The Lord does not see;

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

8  bUnderstand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

9  cHe who planted the ear, does he not hear?

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

10  He who ddisciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?

He who eteaches man knowledge—

11  fthe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are gbut a breath.1

12  hBlessed is the man whom you idiscipline, O Lord,

and whom you teach out of your law,

13  to give him jrest from kdays of trouble,

until la pit is dug for the wicked.

14  mFor the Lord will not forsake his npeople;

he will not abandon his nheritage;

15  for ojustice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will pfollow it.

16  qWho rises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

17  rIf the Lord had not been my help,

my soul would soon have lived in the land of ssilence.

18  When I thought, t“My foot slips,”

your steadfast love, O Lord, uheld me up.

19  When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

20  Can wwicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame2 injustice by xstatute?

21  They yband together against the life of the righteous

and condemn zthe innocent to death.3

22  But the Lord has become my astronghold,

and my God bthe rock of my crefuge.

23  He will bring back on them dtheir iniquity

and ewipe them out for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;

let us fmake a joyful noise to gthe rock of our salvation!

2  Let us hcome into his presence with thanksgiving;

let us fmake a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

3  For the Lord is ia great God,

and a great King jabove all gods.

4  In his hand are the depths of the earth;

the heights of the mountains are his also.

5  The sea is his, for khe made it,

and his hands formed kthe dry land.

6  Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us lkneel before the Lord, our mMaker!

7  For he is our nGod,

and we are the people of his opasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

pToday, if you qhear his voice,

8  rdo not harden your hearts, as at sMeribah,

as on the day at tMassah in the wilderness,

9  when your fathers put me to the utest

and put me to the proof, though they had seen my vwork.

10  wFor forty years I loathed that generation

and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,

and they have not known xmy ways.”

11  Therefore I yswore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter zmy rest.”

Worship in the Splendor of Holiness

96 aOh sing to the Lord ba new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2  Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

ctell of his salvation from day to day.

3  Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

4  For dgreat is the Lord, and egreatly to be praised;

he is to be feared above fall gods.

5  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,

but the Lord gmade the heavens.

6  Splendor and majesty are before him;

hstrength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7  Ascribe to the Lord, O ifamilies of the peoples,

jascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8  Ascribe to the Lord kthe glory due his name;

bring lan offering, and mcome into his courts!

9  Worship the Lord in nthe splendor of holiness;1

otremble before him, all the earth!

10  Say among the nations, p“The Lord reigns!

Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

he will qjudge the peoples with equity.”

11  Let rthe heavens be glad, and let sthe earth rejoice;

let tthe sea roar, and all that fills it;

12  let uthe field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all vthe trees of the forest sing for joy

13  before the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes wto judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.

The Lord Reigns

97 xThe Lord reigns, ylet the earth rejoice;

let the many zcoastlands be glad!

2  aClouds and thick darkness are all around him;

brighteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3  cFire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around.

4  His dlightnings light up the world;

the earth sees and etrembles.

5  The mountains fmelt like gwax before the Lord,

before hthe Lord of all the earth.

6  iThe heavens proclaim his righteousness,

and all jthe peoples see his glory.

7  All worshipers of images are kput to shame,

who make their boast in lworthless idols;

mworship him, all you gods!

8  Zion hears and nis glad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice,

because of your judgments, O …