Psalm 90–106

BOOK 4

PSALM 90

God’s Eternity and Man’s Transitoriness.

A Prayer of ^†Moses, the man of God.

¹Lord, You have been our ^1adwelling place in all generations.

²Before ^athe mountains were born

¹Or You ^bgave birth to the earth and the world,

Even ^cfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³You ^aturn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O children 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 ^aflourishes and ¹sprouts anew;

Toward evening it ^bfades and ^cwithers away.

⁷For we have been ^aconsumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been ¹dismayed.

⁸You have ^aplaced 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 strength, ^aeighty years,

Yet their pride is but ^blabor and sorrow;

For soon it is gone and we ^cfly away.

¹¹Who ¹understands the ^apower of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the ^bfear ²that is due You?

¹²So ^ateach us to number our days,

That we may ^1bpresent to You a heart of wisdom.

¹³Do ^areturn, O Lord; ^bhow long will it be?

And ¹be ^csorry for Your servants.

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 servants

And Your ^bmajesty ¹to their children.

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

And ^1bconfirm for us the work of our hands;

Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

PSALM 91

Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord.

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

Will abide in the ^bshadow of the Almighty.

²I will say to the Lord, “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 deadly ^bpestilence.

⁴He will ^acover you with His pinions,

And ^bunder His wings you may seek refuge;

His ^cfaithfulness is a ^dshield and bulwark.

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

Or of the ^carrow that flies by day;

⁶Of the ^apestilence that ¹stalks in darkness,

Or of the ^bdestruction that lays waste 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 the Lord, ^amy refuge,

Even the Most High, ^byour dwelling place.

^10aNo evil will befall you,

Nor will any plague come near your ¹tent.

¹¹For He will give ^aHis angels charge concerning you,

To guard you in all your ways.

¹²They will ^abear you up in their hands,

That you do not strike your foot against a stone.

¹³You will ^atread upon the lion and cobra,

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

¹⁴“^aBecause he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver 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 ¹trouble;

I will rescue him and ^bhonor him.

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

And ^2blet him see My salvation.”

PSALM 92

Praise for the Lord’s Goodness.

A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day.

¹It is ^agood to give thanks to the Lord

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 harp,

With resounding music ²upon the lyre.

⁴For You, O Lord, 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 Lord!

Your ^1bthoughts are very ^cdeep.

⁶A ^asenseless man has no knowledge,

Nor does a stupid man understand this:

⁷That when the wicked ^asprouted up like grass

And all ^bwho did iniquity flourished,

It was only that they might be ^cdestroyed forevermore.

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

⁹For, behold, Your enemies, O Lord,

For, behold, ^aYour enemies will perish;

All who do iniquity will be ^bscattered.

¹⁰But You have exalted 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 the Lord,

They will flourish ^bin the courts of our God.

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

They shall be ²full of sap and very green,

¹⁵To ¹declare that ^athe Lord is upright;

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

PSALM 93

The Majesty of the Lord.

^1aThe Lord ¹reigns, He is ^bclothed with majesty;

The Lord has ^cclothed and girded Himself with strength;

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

²Your ^athrone is established from of old;

You ^bare from everlasting.

³The ^afloods have lifted up, O Lord,

The floods have lifted up their voice,

The floods lift up their pounding waves.

⁴More than the sounds of many waters,

Than the mighty breakers of the sea,

The Lord ^aon high is mighty.

⁵Your ^atestimonies are fully confirmed;

^bHoliness befits Your house,

O Lord, ¹forevermore.

PSALM 94

The Lord Implored to Avenge His People.

¹O Lord, God of ^1avengeance,

God of vengeance, ^2bshine forth!

^2aRise up, O ^bJudge of the earth,

Render recompense ^cto the proud.

³How long shall the wicked, O Lord,

How long shall the ^awicked exult?

⁴They pour forth words, they ^aspeak arrogantly;

All who do wickedness ^bvaunt themselves.

⁵They ^acrush Your people, O Lord,

And ^bafflict Your heritage.

⁶They ^aslay the widow and the ¹stranger

And murder the orphans.

^7aThey have said, “¹The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”

⁸Pay heed, you ^asenseless among the people;

And when will you understand, stupid ones?

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

He who formed the eye, does He not see?

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

Even He who ^bteaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord ^aknows the thoughts of man,

¹That they are a mere breath.

¹²Blessed is the man whom ^aYou chasten, O ¹Lord,

And ^bwhom You teach out of Your law;

¹³That You may grant him ^arelief from the ^bdays of adversity,

Until ^ca pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For ^athe Lord will not abandon His people,

Nor will He ^bforsake His inheritance.

¹⁵For ^1ajudgment ²will again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart ³will follow it.

¹⁶Who will ^astand up for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me ^bagainst those who do wickedness?

¹⁷If ^athe Lord had not been my help,

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

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

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, 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 devises ²mischief by decree?

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

And ^bcondemn ²the innocent to death.

²²But the Lord has been my ^astronghold,

And my God the ^brock of my refuge.

²³He has ^abrought back their wickedness upon them

And will ^1bdestroy them in their evil;

The Lord our God will destroy them.

PSALM 95

Praise to the Lord, and Warning against Unbelief.

¹O come, let us ^asing for joy to the Lord,

Let us shout joyfully to ^bthe rock of our salvation.

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

Let us shout joyfully to Him ^cwith ²psalms.

³For the Lord 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 the Lord our ^cMaker.

⁷For He is our God,

And ^awe are the people of His ^1bpasture and the sheep of His hand.

^cToday, ²if you would hear His voice,

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

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

⁹“When your fathers ^atested Me,

They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

¹⁰“For ^aforty years I loathed that generation,

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

And they do not know My ways.

¹¹“Therefore I ^aswore in My anger,

Truly they shall not enter into My ^brest.”

PSALM 96

A Call to Worship the Lord the Righteous Judge.

^1aSing to the Lord a ^bnew song;

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

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

³Tell of ^aHis glory among the nations,

His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

⁴For ^agreat is the Lord and ^bgreatly to be praised;

He is to be ^cfeared ^dabove all gods.

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

But ^bthe Lord made the heavens.

^6aSplendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

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

^bAscribe to the Lord glory and strength.

⁸¹Ascribe to the Lord the ^aglory of His name;

Bring an ^2boffering and come into His courts.

^9aWorship the Lord in ¹holy attire;

^bTremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the nations, “^aThe Lord reigns;

Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved;

He will ^bjudge the peoples with ¹equity.”

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

Let ^cthe sea ¹roar, and ²all it contains;

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

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

¹³Before the Lord, ^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

The Lord’s Power and Dominion.

^1aThe Lord ¹reigns, let the ^bearth rejoice;

Let the many ^2cislands be glad.

^2aClouds and thick darkness surround Him;

^bRighteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

^3aFire goes before Him

And ^bburns up His adversaries round…