Psalm 90–92

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.