Psalms 90-96

Psalm 90

¹A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

²Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

³You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

⁴For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

⁵You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

⁶in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

⁷For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

⁸You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

¹⁰The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

¹³Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

¹⁷May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!

Psalm 91

¹He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

²I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

³Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

⁴He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

⁵You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

⁷Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.

⁸You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

⁹Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—

¹⁰no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.

¹¹For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

¹²They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

¹³You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.

¹⁴“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

¹⁵When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

¹⁶With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

Psalm 92

¹A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

²to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night

³with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

⁴For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

⁵How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

⁶A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

⁷that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

⁸But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!

⁹For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

¹⁰But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

¹¹My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

¹²The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

¹⁵to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”

Psalm 93

¹The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

²Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.

³The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

⁴Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.

⁵Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.

Psalm 94

¹O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

²Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

³How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?

⁴They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

⁵They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

⁶They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

⁷They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”

⁸Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

⁹He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

¹⁰He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?

¹¹The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,

¹³to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

¹⁵Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

¹⁸If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

¹⁹When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

²⁰Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

²¹They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

²²But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.

²³He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95

¹Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!

²Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.

³For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.

⁴In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.

⁵The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.

⁶O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

⁷For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

⁸do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

⁹where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

¹⁰For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

¹¹So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

Psalm 96

¹Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

²Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.

³Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

⁴For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

⁵For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

⁶Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.

⁷Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

⁸Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.

⁹Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.

¹¹Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.

¹²Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

¹³before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.