Psalm 90–106

BOOK 4

PSALM 90

From Everlasting to Everlasting, You Are God

A Prayer of ^†Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, You have been our ^1adwelling place from generation to generation.

²Before ^athe mountains were born

¹Or You ^bbrought forth the earth and the world,

Even ^cfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³You ^aturn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O sons of men.”

⁴For ^aa thousand years in Your sight

Are like ^byesterday when it passes by,

¹Or as a ^cwatch in the night.

⁵You ^ahave ¹swept them away like a flood, they ^2bfall asleep;

In the morning they are like ^cgrass which ³sprouts anew.

⁶In the morning it ^ablossoms and ¹sprouts anew;

Toward evening it ^bwithers away and ^cdries up.

⁷For we have been ^aconsumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been ¹dismayed.

⁸You have ^aset our iniquities before You,

Our ^bsecret sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹For ^aall our days have declined in Your fury;

We have finished our years like a ¹sigh.

¹⁰As for the days of our ¹life, ²they contain seventy years,

Or if due to might, ^aeighty years,

Yet their pride is but ^blabor and wickedness;

For soon it is gone and we ^cfly away.

¹¹Who knows the ^apower of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the ^bfear ¹that is due You?

¹²¹So ^ateach us to number our days,

That we may ^2bpresent to You a heart of wisdom.

^13aReturn, O Yahweh; ^bhow long will it be?

And ¹be ^csorry for Your slaves.

¹⁴O ^asatisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,

That we may ^bsing for joy and be glad all our days.

^15aMake us glad ¹according to the days You have afflicted us,

And the ^byears we have seen ²evil.

¹⁶Let Your ^awork appear to Your slaves

And Your ^bmajesty ¹to their sons.

¹⁷Let the ^afavor of the Lord our God be upon us;

And ^bestablish for us the work of our hands;

Establish the work of our hands.

PSALM 91

In the Shadow of the Almighty

¹He who abides in the ^ashelter of the Most High

Will abide in the ^bshadow of the Almighty.

²I will say to Yahweh, “My ^arefuge and my ^bfortress,

My God, in whom I ^ctrust!”

³For it is He who delivers you from the ^asnare of the trapper

And from the destructive ^bpestilence.

⁴He will ^acover you with His pinions,

And ^bunder His wings you will take refuge;

His ^ctruth is a ^dlarge shield and bulwark.

⁵You ^awill not be afraid of ^bterror by night,

Or ^carrow that flies by day;

⁶Of ^apestilence that moves in darkness,

Or of ^bdestruction that devastates at noon.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side

And ten thousand at your right hand,

But ^ait shall not approach you.

⁸You will only look on with your eyes

And ^asee the recompense of the wicked.

⁹¹For you have made Yahweh—^amy refuge,

The Most High—^byour dwelling place.

^10aNo evil will befall you,

And no plague will come near your ¹tent.

¹¹For He will command ^aHis angels concerning you,

To guard you in all your ways.

¹²On their hands they will ^abear you up,

Lest you strike your foot against a stone.

¹³You will ^atread upon the fierce lion and cobra,

The young lion and the ¹serpent you will trample down.

¹⁴“^aBecause he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him;

I will ^bset him securely on high, because he has ^cknown My name.

¹⁵“He will ^acall upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in his ¹distress;

I will rescue him and ^bhonor him.

¹⁶“With ¹a ^along life I will satisfy him

And ^bI will show him My salvation.”

PSALM 92

How Great Are Your Works, O Yahweh

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.

¹It is ^agood to give thanks to Yahweh

And to ^bsing praises to Your name, O Most High;

²To ^adeclare Your lovingkindness in the morning

And Your ^bfaithfulness ¹by night,

³¹With the ^aten-stringed lute and with the ^bharp,

²With resounding music ³upon the ^clyre.

⁴For You, O Yahweh, have made me glad by ¹what You ^ahave done,

I will ^bsing for joy at the ^cworks of Your hands.

⁵How ^agreat are Your works, O Yahweh!

Your ^1bthoughts are very ^cdeep.

⁶A ^asenseless man does not know,

And a ^bfool does not understand this:

⁷That when the wicked ^aflourished like grass

And all ^bthe workers of iniquity blossomed,

It was only that they might be ^cdestroyed forevermore.

⁸But You are ^aon high forever, O Yahweh.

⁹For, behold, Your enemies, O Yahweh,

For, behold, ^aYour enemies will perish;

All the workers of iniquity will be ^bscattered.

¹⁰But You have raised up my ^ahorn like that of the wild ox;

I have ¹been ^banointed with fresh oil.

¹¹And my eye has ^alooked exultantly upon ¹my foes,

My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

¹²The ^arighteous man will ¹flourish like the palm tree,

He will grow like a ^bcedar in Lebanon.

^13aPlanted in the house of Yahweh,

They will flourish ^bin the courts of our God.

¹⁴They will still ^1ayield fruit in old age;

They shall be ²rich and fresh,

¹⁵To ¹declare that ^aYahweh is upright;

He is my ^brock, and there is ^cno unrighteousness in Him.

PSALM 93

Yahweh Reigns Forevermore

^1aYahweh ¹reigns, He is ^bclothed with majesty;

Yahweh has ^cclothed and girded Himself with strength;

Indeed, the ^dworld is established, it will not be shaken.

²Your ^athrone is established from of old;

You ^bare from everlasting.

³The ^arivers have lifted up, O Yahweh,

The rivers have lifted up their voice,

The rivers lift up their pounding waves.

⁴More than the voices of many waters,

Than the mighty breakers of the sea,

Yahweh ^aon high is mighty.

⁵Your ^atestimonies are very faithful;

^bHoliness befits Your house,

O Yahweh, ¹forevermore.

PSALM 94

God of Vengeance, Shine Forth

¹O Yahweh, God of ^1avengeance,

God of ²vengeance, ^3bshine forth!

^2aBe lifted up, O ^bJudge of the earth,

Render recompense ^cto the proud.

³How long shall the wicked, O Yahweh,

How long shall the ^awicked exult?

⁴They pour forth words, they ^aspeak arrogantly;

All workers of iniquity ^bvaunt themselves.

⁵They ^acrush Your people, O Yahweh,

And ^bafflict Your inheritance.

⁶They ^aslay the widow and the sojourner

And murder the orphans.

^7aThey have said, “Yah does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob discern.”

⁸Discern, you ^asenseless among the people;

And when will you have insight, ^byou fools?

⁹He who ^aplanted the ear, ¹does He not hear?

He who formed the eye, ²does He not see?

¹⁰He who ^1adisciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,

Even He who ^bteaches man knowledge?

¹¹Yahweh ^aknows the thoughts of man,

¹That they are vanity.

¹²Blessed is the man whom ^aYou discipline, O Yah,

And ^bwhom You teach out of Your law;

¹³That You may grant him ^acalm from the ^bdays of calamity,

Until ^ca pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For ^aYahweh will not abandon His people,

Nor will He ^bforsake His inheritance.

¹⁵For ^1ajudgment will ²again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart will ³follow it.

¹⁶Who will ^aarise for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me ^bagainst workers of iniquity?

¹⁷If ^aYahweh had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

¹⁸If I should say, “^aMy foot has stumbled,”

Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, will hold me up.

¹⁹When my anxious thoughts ¹multiply within me,

Your ^aconsolations delight my soul.

²⁰Can a ^1athrone of destruction be allied with You,

One ^bwhich forms ²trouble by statute?

²¹They ^aband themselves together against the ¹life of the righteous

And ^bcondemn ²the innocent to death.

²²But Yahweh has been my ^astronghold,

And my God the ^brock of my refuge.

²³He has ^abrought back their ¹iniquity upon them

And will ^2bdestroy them in their evil;

Yahweh our God will ³destroy them.

PSALM 95

Let Us Kneel Before Yahweh Our Maker

¹Oh come, let us ^asing for joy to Yahweh,

Let us make a loud shout to ^bthe rock of our salvation.

²Let us ^acome before His presence ^bwith ¹thanksgiving,

Let us make a loud shout to Him ^cwith songs of praise.

³For Yahweh is a ^agreat God

And a great King ^babove all gods,

⁴In whose hand are the ^adepths of the earth,

The peaks of the mountains are His also.

⁵¹The sea is His, for it was He ^awho made it,

And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come, let us ^aworship and bow down,

Let us ^bkneel before Yahweh our ^cMaker.

⁷For He is our God,

And ^awe are the people of His ^bpasture and the sheep of His hand.

^cToday, ¹if you hear His voice,

⁸Do not harden your hearts, as at ^1aMeribah,

As in the day of ^2bMassah in the wilderness,

⁹“When your fathers ^atried Me,

They tested Me, though they had seen My work.

¹⁰“For ^aforty years I loathed that generation,

And said they are a people who wander in their heart,

And they do not know My ways.

¹¹“Therefore I ^aswore in My anger,

They shall never enter into My ^brest.”

PSALM 96

Ascribe to Yahweh Glory and Strength

^1aSing to Yahweh a ^bnew song;

Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.

²Sing to Yahweh, bless His name;

^aProclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

³Recount ^aHis glory among the nations,

His wondrous deeds among all the peoples.

⁴For ^agreat is Yahweh and ^bgreatly to be praised;

He is ¹more ^2cfearsome ^dthan all gods.

⁵For ^aall the gods of the peoples are ¹idols,

But ^bYahweh made the heavens.

^6aSplendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

⁷¹Ascribe to Yahweh, O ^afamilies of the peoples,

^2bAscribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

⁸Ascribe to Yahweh the ^aglory of His name;

Lift up ¹an ^boffering and come into His courts.

^9aWorship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness;

^bTremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the nations, “^aYahweh ¹reigns;

Indeed, the ^bworld is established, it will not be shaken;

He will ^crender justice to the peoples with ²equity.”

¹¹Let the ^aheavens be glad, and let the ^bearth rejoice;

Let ^cthe sea ¹roar, as well as its fullness;

¹²Let the ^afield exult, and all that is in it.

Then all the ^btrees of the forest will sing for joy

¹³Before Yahweh, ^afor He is coming,

For He is coming to judge the earth.

^bHe will judge the world in righteousness

And the peoples in His faithfulness.

PSALM 97

Remember His Holy Name

^1aYahweh ¹reigns, let the ^bearth rejoice;

Let the many ^ccoastlands be glad.

^2aClouds and thick darkness are all around Him;

^bRighteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

^3aFire goes before Him

And ^bburns up His adversaries all around.

⁴His ^alightnings light up the world;

The earth sees and ^btrembles.

⁵The mountains ^amelt…