Psalm 90–106

From Everlasting to Everlasting

90A ^sPrayer of Moses, the ^tman of God.

¹Lord, you have been our ^udwelling place¹

in all generations.

^2vBefore the ^wmountains were brought forth,

or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

^xfrom everlasting to everlasting you are God.

³You return man to dust

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

⁴For ^aa thousand years in your sight

are but as ^byesterday when it is past,

or as ^ca watch in the night.

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

like ^fgrass that is renewed in the morning:

⁶in ⁱthe morning it flourishes and is renewed;

in the evening it ^jfades and ^kwithers.

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

by your wrath we are dismayed.

⁸You have ^lset our iniquities before you,

our ^msecret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹For all our days pass away under your wrath;

we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

¹⁰The 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.

¹¹Who considers the power of your anger,

and your wrath according to the fear of you?

¹²ⁿSo teach us to number our days

that we may get a heart of wisdom.

^13oReturn, O Lord! ^pHow long?

Have ^qpity on your servants!

¹⁴Satisfy us in the ^smorning with your steadfast love,

that we may ^trejoice and be glad all our days.

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

and for as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let your ^vwork be shown to your servants,

and your glorious power to their children.

¹⁷Let 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

91He who dwells in ^athe shelter of the Most High

will abide in ^bthe shadow of the Almighty.

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

my God, in whom I ^etrust.”

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

and from the deadly pestilence.

⁴He will ^gcover you with his pinions,

and under his ^hwings you will ⁱfind refuge;

his ^jfaithfulness is ^ka shield and buckler.

^5lYou will not fear ^mthe terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

⁸You will only look with your eyes

and ⁿsee the recompense of the wicked.

⁹Because you have made the Lord your ^odwelling place—

the Most High, who is my ^crefuge²—

^10pno evil shall be allowed to befall you,

^qno plague come near your tent.

^11rFor he will command his ^sangels concerning you

to ^tguard you in all your ways.

¹²On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you ^ustrike your foot against a stone.

¹³You 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.

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

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and ^chonor him.

¹⁶With ^dlong life I will satisfy him

and ^eshow him my salvation.”

How Great Are Your Works

92A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

^1fIt is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to your name, ^gO Most High;

²to declare your ^hsteadfast love in ⁱthe morning,

and your ^hfaithfulness by ⁱnight,

³to the music of ^jthe lute and ^jthe harp,

to the melody of ^jthe lyre.

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

at ^lthe works of your hands I sing for joy.

⁵How ^mgreat are your works, O Lord!

Your ⁿthoughts are very ^odeep!

⁶The stupid man cannot know;

the fool cannot understand this:

⁷that though ^pthe wicked sprout like grass

and all ^qevildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

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

⁹For behold, your enemies, O Lord,

for behold, your enemies shall perish;

all evildoers shall be ^sscattered.

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

you have ^vpoured over me¹ fresh oil.

¹¹My ^weyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

^12xThe righteous flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³They are planted in the house of the Lord;

they flourish in ^ythe courts of our God.

¹⁴They still bear fruit in old age;

they are ever full of sap and green,

^15zto 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.

²ⁱYour throne is established from of old;

^jyou are from everlasting.

^3kThe floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their roaring.

⁴Mightier than the thunders of many waters,

mightier than the waves of the sea,

^lthe Lord ^mon high is mighty!

⁵Your ⁿdecrees are very trustworthy;

^oholiness befits your house,

O Lord, forevermore.

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94O Lord, God of ^pvengeance,

O God of vengeance, ^qshine forth!

^2rRise up, O ^sjudge of the earth;

repay to the ^tproud what they deserve!

³O Lord, ^uhow long shall the wicked,

how long shall ^vthe wicked exult?

⁴They pour out their ^warrogant words;

all ^xthe evildoers boast.

⁵They ^ycrush your people, O Lord,

and afflict your heritage.

⁶They kill ^zthe widow and the sojourner,

and murder ^zthe fatherless;

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

the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

^8bUnderstand, O dullest of the people!

Fools, when will you be wise?

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

He who formed the eye, does he not see?

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

He who ^eteaches man knowledge—

^11fthe Lord—knows the thoughts of man,

that they are ^gbut a breath.¹

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

and whom you teach out of your law,

¹³to give him ^jrest from ^kdays of trouble,

until ^la pit is dug for the wicked.

^14mFor the Lord will not forsake his ⁿpeople;

he will not abandon his ⁿheritage;

¹⁵for ^ojustice will return to the righteous,

and all the upright in heart will ^pfollow it.

^16qWho rises up for me against the wicked?

Who stands up for me against evildoers?

^17rIf the Lord had not been my help,

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

¹⁸When I thought, ^t“My foot slips,”

your steadfast love, O Lord, ^uheld me up.

¹⁹When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

²⁰Can ^wwicked rulers be allied with you,

those who frame² injustice by ^xstatute?

²¹They ^yband together against the life of the righteous

and condemn ^zthe innocent to death.³

²²But the Lord has become my ^astronghold,

and my God ^bthe rock of my ^crefuge.

²³He 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

95Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;

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

²Let us ^hcome into his presence with thanksgiving;

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

³For the Lord is ⁱa great God,

and a great King ^jabove all gods.

⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth;

the heights of the mountains are his also.

⁵The sea is his, for ^khe made it,

and his hands formed ^kthe dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us ^lkneel before the Lord, our ^mMaker!

⁷For he is our ⁿGod,

and we are the people of his ^opasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

^pToday, if you ^qhear his voice,

^8rdo not harden your hearts, as at ^sMeribah,

as on the day at ^tMassah in the wilderness,

⁹when your fathers put me to the ^utest

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

^10wFor 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.”

¹¹Therefore 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!

²Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

^ctell of his salvation from day to day.

³Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

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

he is to be feared above ^fall gods.

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

but the Lord ^gmade the heavens.

⁶Splendor and majesty are before him;

^hstrength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

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

^jascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

⁸Ascribe to the Lord ^kthe glory due his name;

bring ^lan offering, and ^mcome into his courts!

⁹Worship the Lord in ⁿthe splendor of holiness;¹

^otremble before him, all the earth!

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

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

he will ^qjudge the peoples with equity.”

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

let ^tthe sea roar, and all that fills it;

¹²let ^uthe field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all ^vthe trees of the forest sing for joy

¹³before 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!

^2aClouds and thick darkness are all around him;

^brighteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

^3cFire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around.

⁴His ^dlightnings light up the world;

the earth sees and ^etrembles.

⁵The mountains ^fmelt like ^gwax before the Lord,

before ^hthe Lord of all the earth.

⁶ⁱThe heavens proclaim his righteousness,

and all ^jthe peoples see his glory.

⁷All worshipers of images are ^kput to shame,

who make their boast in ^lworthless idols;

^mworship him, all you gods!

⁸Zion hears and ⁿis glad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice,

because of your judgments, O …