Psalm 90–92

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