Psalm 90–106

BOOK IV

(Psalms 90–106)

Psalm 90

Eternal God and Mortal Man

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, You have been our refuge ^k

in every generation. ^l

²Before the mountains were born,

before You gave birth to the earth and the world,

from eternity to eternity, You are God. ^m

³You return mankind to the dust,

saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.” ⁿ

⁴For in Your sight a thousand years

are like yesterday that passes by,

like a few hours of the night. ^o

⁵You end their lives; ^pthey sleep. ^q

They are like grass that grows in the morning—

⁶in the morning it sprouts and grows;

by evening it withers and dries up. ^r

⁷For we are consumed by Your anger;

we are terrified by Your wrath. ^s

⁸You have set our unjust ways before You,

our secret sins in the light of Your presence. ^t

⁹For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;

we end our years like a sigh. ^u

¹⁰Our lives last ^vseventy years

or, if we are strong, eighty years.

Even the best of them are ^wstruggle and sorrow;

indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away. ^x

¹¹Who understands the power of Your anger?

Your wrath matches the fear that is due You. ^y

¹²Teach us to number our days carefully

so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts. ^za

¹³Lord—how long?

Turn and have compassion on Your servants. ^b

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love

so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days. ^c

¹⁵Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,

for as many years as we have seen adversity. ^d

¹⁶Let Your work be seen by Your servants,

and Your splendor by their children. ^e

¹⁷Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;

establish for us the work of our hands—

establish the work of our hands! ^f

Psalm 91

The Protection of the Most High

¹The one who lives under the protection of the Most High

dwells in the shadow of the Almighty. ^g

²I will say ^hto the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.” ⁱ

³He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net, ^j

from the destructive plague.

⁴He will cover you with His feathers;

you will take refuge under His wings. ^k

His faithfulness will be a protective shield. ^l

⁵You will not fear the terror of the night,

the arrow that flies by day, ^m

⁶the plague that stalks in darkness,

or the pestilence that ravages at noon. ⁿ

⁷Though a thousand fall at your side

and ten thousand at your right hand,

the pestilence will not reach you. ^o

⁸You will only see it with your eyes

and witness the punishment of the wicked. ^p

⁹Because you have made the Lord—my refuge, ^q

the Most High—your dwelling place, ^r

¹⁰no harm will come to you;

no plague will come near your tent. ^s

¹¹For He will give His angels orders concerning you,

to protect you in all your ways. ^t

¹²They will support you with their hands

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. ^u

¹³You will tread on the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the young lion and the serpent. ^v

¹⁴Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,

I will deliver him;

I will protect him because he knows My name. ^w

¹⁵When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble.

I will rescue him and give him honor. ^x

¹⁶I will satisfy him with a long life ^y

and show him My salvation. ^z

Psalm 92

God’s Love and Faithfulness

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

¹It is good to praise Yahweh,

to sing praise to Your name, Most High, ^a

²to declare Your faithful love in the morning

and Your faithfulness at night, ^b

³with a ten-stringed harp

and the music of a lyre. ^c

⁴For You have made me rejoice, Lord,

by what You have done;

I will shout for joy

because of the works of Your hands. ^d

⁵How magnificent are Your works, Lord,

how profound Your thoughts! ^e

⁶A stupid person does not know,

a fool does not understand this: ^f

⁷though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be eternally destroyed. ^g

⁸But You, Lord, are exalted forever. ^h

⁹For indeed, Lord, Your enemies—

indeed, Your enemies will perish;

all evildoers will be scattered. ⁱ

¹⁰You have lifted up my horn ^j

like that of a wild ox;

I have been anointed ^kwith oil. ^l

¹¹My eyes look down on my enemies;

my ears hear evildoers when they attack me. ^m

¹²The righteous thrive like a palm tree

and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon. ⁿ

¹³Planted in the house of the Lord,

they thrive in the courts of our God. ^o

¹⁴They will still bear fruit in old age,

healthy and green, ^p

¹⁵to declare: “The Lord is just;

He is my rock,

and there is no unrighteousness in Him.” ^q

Psalm 93

God’s Eternal Reign

¹The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;

The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.

The world is firmly established;

it cannot be shaken. ^r

²Your throne has been established

from the beginning; ^s

You are from eternity. ^t

³The floods have lifted up, Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice;

the floods lift up their pounding waves. ^u

⁴Greater than the roar of many waters—

the mighty breakers of the sea—

the Lord on high is majestic. ^v

⁵Lord, Your testimonies are completely reliable; ^w

holiness is the beauty of ^xYour house

for all the days to come. ^y

Psalm 94

The Just Judge

¹Lord, God of vengeance—

God of vengeance, appear. ^z

²Rise up, Judge of the earth;

repay the proud what they deserve. ^a

³Lord, how long will the wicked—

how long will the wicked gloat? ^b

⁴They pour out arrogant words;

all the evildoers boast. ^c

⁵Lord, they crush Your people;

they afflict Your heritage. ^d

⁶They kill the widow and the foreigner

and murder the fatherless. ^e

⁷They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.

The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.” ^f

⁸Pay attention, you stupid people!

Fools, when will you be wise? ^g

⁹Can the One who shaped the ear not hear,

the One who formed the eye not see? ^h

¹⁰The One who instructs nations,

the One who teaches man knowledge—

does He not discipline? ⁱ

¹¹The Lord knows man’s thoughts;

they are meaningless. ^j

¹²Lord, happy is the man You discipline

and teach from Your law ^k

¹³to give him relief from troubled times

until a pit is dug for the wicked. ^l

¹⁴The Lord will not forsake His people

or abandon His heritage, ^m

¹⁵for justice will again be righteous,

and all the upright in heart will follow ⁿit. ^o

¹⁶Who stands up for me against the wicked?

Who takes a stand for me against evildoers? ^p

¹⁷If the Lord had not been my helper,

I would soon rest in the silence of death. ^q

¹⁸If I say, “My foot is slipping,”

Your faithful love will support me, Lord. ^r

¹⁹When I am filled with cares,

Your comfort brings me joy. ^s

²⁰Can a corrupt throne—

one that creates trouble by law—

become Your ally? ^t

²¹They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death. ^u

²²But the Lord is my refuge;

my God is the rock of my protection. ^v

²³He will pay them back for their sins

and destroy them for their evil.

The Lord our God will destroy them. ^w

Psalm 95

Worship and Warning

¹Come, let us shout joyfully to the Lord,

shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation! ^x

²Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving;

let us shout triumphantly to Him in song. ^y

³For the Lord is a great God,

a great King above all gods. ^z

⁴The depths of the earth are in His hand,

and the mountain peaks are His. ^a

⁵The sea is His; He made it.

His hands formed the dry land. ^b

⁶Come, let us worship and bow down;

let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. ^c

⁷For He is our God,

and we are the people of His pasture,

the sheep under His care. ^de

Today, if you hear His voice: ^f

⁸Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,

as on that day at Massah in the wilderness ^g

⁹where your fathers tested Me;

they tried Me, though they had seen what I did. ^h

¹⁰For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;

I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;

they do not know My ways.” ⁱ

¹¹So I swore in My anger,

“They will not enter My rest.” ^j

Psalm 96^k

King of the Earth

¹Sing a new song to the Lord;

sing to the Lord, all the earth. ^l

²Sing to Yahweh, praise His name;

proclaim His salvation from day to day. ^m

³Declare His glory among the nations,

His wonderful works among all peoples. ⁿ

⁴For the Lord is great and is highly praised;

He is feared above all gods. ^o

⁵For all the gods of the peoples are idols,

but the Lord made the heavens. ^p

⁶Splendor and majesty are before Him;

strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. ^q

⁷Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. ^r

⁸Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name; ^s

bring an offering and enter His courts. ^t

⁹Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness; ^u

tremble before Him, all the earth. ^v

¹⁰Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns. ^w

The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. ^x

He judges the peoples fairly.” ^y

¹¹Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;

let the sea and all that fills it resound. ^z

¹²Let the fields and everything in them exult.

Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy ^a

¹³before the Lord, for He is coming—

for He is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness

and the peoples with His faithfulness. ^b

Psalm 97

The Majestic King

¹The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice;

let the many coasts and islands be glad. ^c

²Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;

righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. ^d

³Fire goes before Him

and burns up His foes on every side. ^e

⁴His lightning lights up the world;

the earth sees and trembles. ^f

⁵The mountains melt like wax

at the presence of the Lord—

at the presence of the Lord of all the earth. ^g

⁶The heavens proclaim His righteousness; ^h

all the peoples see His glory. ⁱ

⁷All who serve carved images,

those who boast in idols, will be put to shame. ^j

All the gods ^kmust worship Him. ^l

⁸Zion hears and is glad,

and the towns ^mof Judah rejoice

because of Your judgments, Lord. ⁿ

⁹For You, Lord,

are the Most High over all the earth;

You are exalted above all the gods. ^o

¹⁰You who love the Lord, hate evil! ^p

He protects the lives of His godly ones; ^q

He rescues them from the power of the wicked. ^r

¹¹Light dawns ^stfor the righteous,

gladness for the upright in heart. ^u

¹²Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones,

and praise His…