Psalm 91–93

PSALM 91

¹He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High,

who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,

²will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;

my God, in whom I trust.”

³For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence;

⁴he will cover you with his pinions,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

⁵You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand;

but it will not come near you.

⁸You will only look with your eyes

and see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹Because you have made the Lord your refuge,

the Most High your habitation,

¹⁰no evil shall befall you,

no scourge come near your tent.

¹¹For he will give his angels charge of you

to guard you in all your ways.

¹²On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you dash your foot against a stone.

¹³You will tread on the lion and the adder,

the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

¹⁴Because he cleaves to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he knows my name.

¹⁵When he calls to me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will rescue him and honor him.

¹⁶With long life I will satisfy him,

and show him my salvation.

PSALM 92

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

¹It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to thy name, O Most High;

²to declare thy steadfast love in the morning,

and thy faithfulness by night,

³to the music of the lute and the harp,

to the melody of the lyre.

⁴For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad by thy work;

at the works of thy hands I sing for joy.

⁵How great are thy works, O Lord!

Thy thoughts are very deep!

⁶The dull man cannot know,

the stupid cannot understand this:

⁷that, though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction for ever,

⁸but thou, O Lord, art on high for ever.

⁹For, lo, thy enemies, O Lord,

for, lo, thy enemies shall perish;

all evildoers shall be scattered.

¹⁰But thou hast exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;

thou hast poured over meⁱ fresh oil.

¹¹My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies,

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

¹²The righteous flourish like the palm tree,

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³They are planted in the house of the Lord,

they flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴They still bring forth fruit in old age,

they are ever full of sap and green,

¹⁵to show that the Lord is upright;

he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

PSALM 93

¹The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty;

the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength.

Yea, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

²thy throne is established from of old;

thou art from everlasting.

³The floods have lifted up, O Lord,

the floods have lifted up their voice,

the floods lift up their roaring.

⁴Mightier than the thunders of many waters,

mightier than the waves of the sea,

the Lord on high is mighty!

⁵Thy decrees are very sure;

holiness befits thy house,

O Lord, for evermore.