BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

1 Lord, you have been our dwelling placex

throughout all generations.

2 Before the mountains were borny

or you brought forth the whole world,

from everlasting to everlastingz you are God.a

3 You turn people back to dust,

saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”b

4 A thousand years in your sight

are like a day that has just gone by,

or like a watch in the night.c

5 Yet you sweep people awayd in the sleep of death—

they are like the new grass of the morning:

6 In the morning it springs up new,

but by evening it is dry and withered.e

7 We are consumed by your anger

and terrified by your indignation.

8 You have set our iniquities before you,

our secret sinsf in the light of your presence.g

9 All our days pass away under your wrath;

we finish our years with a moan.h

10 Our days may come to seventy years,i

or eighty,j if our strength endures;

yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,k

for they quickly pass, and we fly away.l

11 If only we knew the power of your anger!

Your wrathm is as great as the fear that is your due.n

12 Teach us to number our days,o

that we may gain a heart of wisdom.p

13 Relent, Lord! How longq will it be?

Have compassion on your servants.r

14 Satisfys us in the morning with your unfailing love,t

that we may sing for joyu and be glad all our days.v

15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

for as many years as we have seen trouble.

16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,

your splendor to their children.w

17 May the favora of the Lord our God rest on us;

establish the work of our hands for us—

yes, establish the work of our hands.x

Psalm 91

1 Whoever dwells in the sheltery of the Most High

will rest in the shadowz of the Almighty.a

2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refugea and my fortress,b

my God, in whom I trust.”

3 Surely he will save you

from the fowler’s snarec

and from the deadly pestilence.d

4 He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;e

his faithfulness will be your shieldf and rampart.

5 You will not fearg the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8 You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.h

9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”

and you make the Most High your dwelling,

10 no harmi will overtake you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angelsj concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;k

12 they will lift you up in their hands,

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

13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.m

14 “Because heb loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honor him.n

16 With long lifeo I will satisfy him

and show him my salvation.p”

Psalm 92a

A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.

1 It is good to praise the Lord

and make musicq to your name,r O Most High,s

2 proclaiming your love in the morningt

and your faithfulness at night,

3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyreu

and the melody of the harp.v

4 For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;

I sing for joyw at what your hands have done.x

5 How great are your works,y Lord,

how profound your thoughts!z

6 Senseless peoplea do not know,

fools do not understand,

7 that though the wicked spring up like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be destroyed forever.b

8 But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

9 For surely your enemiesc, Lord,

surely your enemies will perish;

all evildoers will be scattered.d

10 You have exalted my hornb e like that of a wild ox;f

fine oilsg have been poured on me.

11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;

my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.h

12 The righteous will flourishi like a palm tree,

they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;j

13 planted in the house of the Lord,

they will flourish in the courts of our God.k

14 They will still bear fruitl in old age,

they will stay fresh and green,

15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;

he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.m”

Psalm 93

1 The Lord reigns,n he is robed in majesty;o

the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;p

indeed, the world is established,q firm and secure.r

2 Your throne was establisheds long ago;

you are from all eternity.t

3 The seasu have lifted up, Lord,

the seas have lifted up their voice;v

the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.w

4 Mightier than the thunderx of the great waters,

mightier than the breakersy of the sea—

the Lord on high is mighty.z

5 Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;

holinessa adorns your houseb

for endless days.

Psalm 94

1 The Lord is a God who avenges.c

O God who avenges, shine forth.d

2 Rise up,e Judgef of the earth;

pay backg to the proud what they deserve.

3 How long, Lord, will the wicked,

how long will the wicked be jubilant?h

4 They pour out arroganti words;

all the evildoers are full of boasting.j

5 They crush your people,k Lord;

they oppress your inheritance.l

6 They slay the widowm and the foreigner;

they murder the fatherless.n

7 They say, “The Lord does not see;o

the God of Jacobp takes no notice.”

8 Take notice, you senseless onesq among the people;

you fools, when will you become wise?

9 Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?

Does he who formed the eye not see?r

10 Does he who discipliness nations not punish?

Does he who teachest mankind lack knowledge?

11 The Lord knows all human plans;u

he knows that they are futile.v

12 Blessed is the one you discipline,w Lord,

the one you teachx from your law;

13 you grant them relief from days of trouble,y

till a pitz is dug for the wicked.

14 For the Lord will not reject his people;a

he will never forsake his inheritance.

15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,b

and all the upright in heartc will follow it.

16 Who will rise upd for me against the wicked?

Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?e

17 Unless the Lord had given me help,f

I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.g

18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,h”

your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.

19 When anxietyi was great within me,

your consolationj brought me joy.

20 Can a corrupt thronek be allied with you—

a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?l

21 The wicked band togetherm against the righteous

and condemn the innocentn to death.o

22 But the Lord has become my fortress,

and my God the rockp in whom I take refuge.q

23 He will repayr them for their sins

and destroys them for their wickedness;

the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95

1 Come,t let us sing for joyu to the Lord;

let us shout aloudv to the Rockw of our salvation.

2 Let us come before himx with thanksgivingy

and extol him with musicz and song.

3 For the Lord is the great God,a

the great Kingb above all gods.c

4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,d

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

5 The sea is his, for he made it,

and his hands formed the dry land.e

6 Come, let us bow downf in worship,g

let us kneelh before the Lord our Maker;i

7 for he is our God

and we are the people of his pasture,j

the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

8 “Do not harden your heartsk as you did at Meribah,a l

as you did that day at Massahb in the wilderness,m

9 where your ancestors testedn me;

they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

10 For forty yearso I was angry with that generation;

I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,p

and they have not known my ways.’q

11 So I declared on oathr in my anger,

‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”s

Psalm 96

96:1–13pp—1Ch 16:23–33

1 Sing to the Lordt a new song;u

sing to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing to the Lord, praise his name;v

proclaim his salvationw day after day.

3 Declare his gloryx among the nations,

his marvelous deedsy among all peoples.

4 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;z

he is to be feareda above all gods.b

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,c

but the Lord made the heavens.d

6 Splendor and majestye are before him;

strength and gloryf are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe to the Lord,g all you families of nations,h

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

bring an offeringi and come into his courts.j

9 Worship the Lordk in the splendor of hisa holiness;l

tremblem before him, all the earth.n

10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.o”

The world is firmly established,p it cannot be moved;q

he will judger the peoples with equity.s

11 Let the heavens rejoice,t let the earth be glad;u

let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;

let all the trees of the forestv sing for joy.w

13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,

he comes to judgex the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousnessy

and the peoples in his faithfulness.z

Psalm 97

1 The Lord reigns,a let the earth be glad;b

let the distant shoresc rejoice.

2 Cloudsd and thick darknesse surround him;

righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.f

3 Fireg goes beforeh him

and consumesi his foes on every side.

4 His lightningj lights up the world;

the earthk sees and trembles.l

5 The mountains meltm like waxn before the Lord,

before the Lord of all the earth.o

6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,p

and all peoples see his glory.q

7 All who worship imagesr are put to shame,s

those who boast in idolst—

worship him,u all you gods!v

8 Zion hears and rejoices

and the villages of Judah are gladw

because of your judgments,x Lord.

9 For you, Lord, are the Most Highy over all the earth;z

you are exalteda far above all gods.

10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,b

for he guardsc the lives of his faithful onesd