Psalm 90–92

BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

¹Lord, you have been our dwelling place^x

throughout all generations.

²Before the mountains were born^y

or you brought forth the whole world,

from everlasting to everlasting^z you are God.^a

³You turn people back to dust,

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

⁴A thousand years in your sight

are like a day that has just gone by,

or like a watch in the night.^c

⁵Yet you sweep people away^d in the sleep of death—

they are like the new grass of the morning:

⁶In the morning it springs up new,

but by evening it is dry and withered.^e

⁷We are consumed by your anger

and terrified by your indignation.

⁸You have set our iniquities before you,

our secret sins^f in the light of your presence.^g

⁹All our days pass away under your wrath;

we finish our years with a moan.^h

¹⁰Our 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

¹¹If only we knew the power of your anger!

Your wrath^m is as great as the fear that is your due.ⁿ

¹²Teach us to number our days,^o

that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^p

¹³Relent, Lord! How long^q will it be?

Have compassion on your servants.^r

¹⁴Satisfy^s us in the morning with your unfailing love,^t

that we may sing for joy^u and be glad all our days.^v

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

for as many years as we have seen trouble.

¹⁶May your deeds be shown to your servants,

your splendor to their children.^w

¹⁷May the favor^a 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

¹Whoever dwells in the shelter^y of the Most High

will rest in the shadow^z of the Almighty.^a

²I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge^a and my fortress,^b

my God, in whom I trust.”

³Surely he will save you

from the fowler’s snare^c

and from the deadly pestilence.^d

⁴He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;^e

his faithfulness will be your shield^f and rampart.

⁵You will not fear^g the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

⁸You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.^h

⁹If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”

and you make the Most High your dwelling,

¹⁰no harmⁱ will overtake you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

¹¹For he will command his angels^j concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;^k

¹²they will lift you up in their hands,

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

¹³You will tread on the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^m

¹⁴“Because he^b loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

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

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honor him.ⁿ

¹⁶With long life^o I will satisfy him

and show him my salvation.^p”

Psalm 92^a

A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.

¹It is good to praise the Lord

and make music^q to your name,^r O Most High,^s

²proclaiming your love in the morning^t

and your faithfulness at night,

³to the music of the ten-stringed lyre^u

and the melody of the harp.^v

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

I sing for joy^w at what your hands have done.^x

⁵How great are your works,^y Lord,

how profound your thoughts!^z

⁶Senseless people^a do not know,

fools do not understand,

⁷that though the wicked spring up like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be destroyed forever.^b

⁸But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

⁹For surely your enemies^c, Lord,

surely your enemies will perish;

all evildoers will be scattered.^d

¹⁰You have exalted my horn^be like that of a wild ox;^f

fine oils^g have been poured on me.

¹¹My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;

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

¹²The righteous will flourishⁱ like a palm tree,

they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^j

¹³planted in the house of the Lord,

they will flourish in the courts of our God.^k

¹⁴They will still bear fruit^l in old age,

they will stay fresh and green,

¹⁵proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;

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