Psalm 90-105

English Standard Version

³ You return man to dust
    and say, ^(G)“Return, ^(H)O children of man!”^[b]
4 For ^(I)a thousand years in your sight
    are but as ^(J)yesterday when it is past,
    or as ^(K)a watch in the night.

⁵ You ^(L)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like ^(M)a dream,
    like ^(N)grass that is renewed in the morning:
⁶ in ^(O)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it ^(P)fades and ^(Q)withers.

⁷ For we are brought to an end by your anger;
    by your wrath we are dismayed.
⁸ You have ^(R)set our iniquities before you,
    our ^(S)secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹ For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
¹⁰ The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span^[c] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
¹¹ Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

^12 (T)So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.
^13 (U)Return, O Lord! ^(V)How long?
    Have ^(W)pity on your servants!
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the ^(X)morning with your steadfast love,
    that we may ^(Y)rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have ^(Z)afflicted us,
    and for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶ Let your ^(AA)work be shown to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷ Let the ^(AB)favor^[d] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish ^(AC)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

³ For he will deliver you from ^(AI)the snare of the fowler
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will ^(AJ)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his ^(AK)wings you will ^(AL)find refuge;
    his ^(AM)faithfulness is ^(AN)a shield and buckler.
^5 (AO)You will not fear ^(AP)the terror of the night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
    nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

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 look with your eyes
    and ^(AQ)see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made the Lord your ^(AR)dwelling place—
    the Most High, who is my ^(AS)refuge^[f]—
^10 (AT)no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
    ^(AU)no plague come near your tent.

^11 (AV)For he will command his ^(AW)angels concerning you
    to ^(AX)guard you in all your ways.
¹² On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you ^(AY)strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on ^(AZ)the lion and the ^(BA)adder;
    the young lion and ^(BB)the serpent you will ^(BC)trample underfoot.

¹⁴ “Because he ^(BD)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he ^(BE)knows my name.
¹⁵ When he ^(BF)calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and ^(BG)honor him.
¹⁶ With ^(BH)long life I will satisfy him
    and ^(BI)show him my salvation.”

⁵ How ^(BU)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your ^(BV)thoughts are very ^(BW)deep!
⁶ The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
⁷ that though ^(BX)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all ^(BY)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
⁸     but you, O Lord, are ^(BZ)on high forever.
⁹ For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be ^(CA)scattered.

¹⁰ But you have exalted my ^(CB)horn like that of ^(CC)the wild ox;
    you have ^(CD)poured over me^[g] fresh oil.
¹¹ My ^(CE)eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
    my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

^12 (CF)The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³ They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in ^(CG)the courts of our God.
¹⁴ They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
^15 (CH)to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my ^(CI)rock, and there is ^(CJ)no unrighteousness in him.

^3 (CS)The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
⁴ Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    ^(CT)the Lord ^(CU)on high is mighty!

⁵ Your ^(CV)decrees are very trustworthy;
    ^(CW)holiness befits your house,
    O Lord, forevermore.

^8 (DK)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
^9 (DL)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
¹⁰ He who ^(DM)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who ^(DN)teaches man knowledge—
^{11     (DO)}the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are ^(DP)but a breath.^[h]

^12 (DQ)Blessed is the man whom you ^(DR)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
¹³ to give him ^(DS)rest from ^(DT)days of trouble,
    until ^(DU)a pit is dug for the wicked.
^14 (DV)For the Lord will not forsake his ^(DW)people;
    he will not abandon his ^(DX)heritage;
¹⁵ for ^(DY)justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will ^(DZ)follow it.

^16 (EA)Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
^17 (EB)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^(EC)silence.
¹⁸ When I thought, ^(ED)“My foot slips,”
    your steadfast love, O Lord, ^(EE)held me up.
¹⁹ When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.
²⁰ Can ^(EF)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame^[i] injustice by ^(EG)statute?
²¹ They ^(EH)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn ^(EI)the innocent to death.^[j]
22 But the Lord has become my ^(EJ)stronghold,
    and my God ^(EK)the rock of my ^(EL)refuge.
²³ He will bring back on them ^(EM)their iniquity
    and ^(EN)wipe them out for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will wipe them out.

⁶ Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us ^(EW)kneel before the Lord, our ^(EX)Maker!
⁷ For he is our ^(EY)God,
    and we are the people of his ^(EZ)pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.
^(FA)Today, if you ^(FB)hear his voice,
^{8     (FC)}do not harden your hearts, as at ^(FD)Meribah,
    as on the day at ^(FE)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹ when your fathers put me to the ^(FF)test
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ^(FG)work.
^10 (FH)For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known ^(FI)my ways.”
¹¹ Therefore I ^(FJ)swore in my wrath,
    “They shall not enter ^(FK)my rest.”

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord, O ^(FT)families of the peoples,
    ^(FU)ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
⁸ Ascribe to the Lord ^(FV)the glory due his name;
    bring ^(FW)an offering, and ^(FX)come into his courts!
⁹ Worship the Lord in ^(FY)the splendor of holiness;^{[k]
    (FZ)}tremble before him, all the earth!

¹⁰ Say among the nations, ^(GA)“The Lord reigns!
    Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
    he will ^(GB)judge the peoples with equity.”

¹¹ Let ^(GC)the heavens be glad, and let ^(GD)the earth rejoice;
    let ^(GE)the sea roar, and all that fills it;
¹²     let ^(GF)the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all ^(GG)the trees of the forest sing for joy
¹³     before the Lord, for he comes,
    for he comes ^(GH)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.

^6 (GT)The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all ^(GU)the peoples see his glory.
⁷ All worshipers of images are ^(GV)put to shame,
    who make their boast in ^(GW)worthless idols;
    ^(GX)worship him, all you gods!

⁸ Zion hears and ^(GY)is glad,
    and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
    because of your judgments, O Lord.
⁹ For you, O Lord, are ^(GZ)most high over all the earth;
    you are exalted far above ^(HA)all gods.

¹⁰ O you who love the Lord, ^(HB)hate evil!
    He ^(HC)preserves the lives of his ^(HD)saints;
    he ^(HE)delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
^11 (HF)Light ^(HG)is sown^[l] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.
^12 (HH)Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
    and ^(HI)give thanks to his holy name!

^4 (HT)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    ^(HU)break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
⁵ Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the ^(HV)sound of melody!
⁶ With ^(HW)trumpets and the sound of ^(HX)the horn
    ^(HY)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

^7 (HZ)Let the sea roar, and ^(IA)all that fills it;
    ^(IB)the world and those who dwell in it!
⁸ Let the rivers ^(IC)clap their hands;
    let ^(ID)the hills sing for joy together
⁹ before the Lord, for he comes
    to ^(IE)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
    and the peoples with equity.

^6 (IT)Moses and Aaron were among his ^(IU)priests,
    Samuel also was among those who ^(IV)called upon his name.
    They ^(IW)called to the Lord, and he answered them.
⁷ In ^(IX)the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
    they ^(IY)kept his testimonies
    and the statute that he gave them.

⁸ O Lord our God, you answered them;
    you were ^(IZ)a forgiving God to them,
    but ^(JA)an avenger of their wrongdoings.
⁹ Exalt the Lord our God,
    and worship at his ^(JB)holy mountain;
    for the Lord our God is holy!

³ Know that ^(JG)the Lord, he is God!
    It is he who ^(JH)made us, and ^(JI)we are his;^[n]
    we are his ^(JJ)people, and ^(JK)the sheep of his pasture.

^4 (JL)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
    and his ^(JM)courts with praise!
    Give thanks to him; ^(JN)bless his name!

^5 (JO)For the Lord is good;
    his steadfast love endures forever,
    and his ^(JP)faithfulness to all generations.

⁵ Whoever slanders his neighbor ^(KA)secretly
    I will ^(KB)destroy.
Whoever has a ^(KC)haughty look and an ^(KD)arrogant heart
    I will not endure.

⁶ I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in ^(KE)the way that is blameless
    shall minister to me.

⁷ No one who ^(KF)practices deceit
    shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
    shall ^(KG)continue before my eyes.

^8 (KH)Morning by morning I will destroy
    all the wicked in the land,
^(KI)cutting off all ^(KJ)the evildoers
    from ^(KK)the city of the Lord.

³ For my days ^(KU)pass away like smoke,
    and my ^(KV)bones burn like a furnace.
⁴ My heart is ^(KW)struck down like grass and ^(KX)has withered;
    I ^(KY)forget to eat my bread.
⁵ Because of my loud groaning
    my ^(KZ)bones cling to my flesh.
⁶ I am like ^(LA)a desert owl of the wilderness,
    like an owl^[o] of the waste places;
⁷ I ^(LB)lie awake;
    I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
⁸ All the day my enemies taunt me;
    those who ^(LC)deride me ^(LD)use my name for a curse.
⁹ For I eat ashes like bread
    and ^(LE)mingle tears with my drink,
¹⁰ because of your indignation and anger;
    for you have ^(LF)taken me up and ^(LG)thrown me down.
¹¹ My days are like ^(LH)an evening shadow;
    I ^(LI)wither away like grass.

¹² But you, O Lord, are ^(LJ)enthroned forever;
    you ^(LK)are remembered throughout all generations.
¹³ You will ^(LL)arise and have ^(LM)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    ^(LN)the appointed time has come.
¹⁴ For your servants hold her ^(LO)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.
¹⁵ Nations will ^(LP)fear the name of the Lord,
    and all ^(LQ)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord ^(LR)builds up Zion;
    he ^(LS)appears in his glory;
¹⁷ he ^(LT)regards the prayer of the destitute
    and does not despise their prayer.

¹⁸ Let this be ^(LU)recorded for ^(LV)a generation to come,
    so that ^(LW)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
¹⁹ that he ^(LX)looked down from his holy height;
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
²⁰ to hear ^(LY)the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free ^(LZ)those who were doomed to die,
²¹ that they may ^(MA)declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
    and in Jerusalem his praise,
²² when ^(MB)peoples gather together,
    and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

²³ He has broken my strength in midcourse;
    he ^(MC)has shortened my days.
²⁴ “O my God,” ^(MD)I say, “take me not away
    in the midst of my days—
^(ME)you whose years endure
    throughout all generations!”

^25 (MF)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and ^(MG)the heavens are the work of your hands.
^26 (MH)They will perish, but ^(MI)you will remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
²⁷     but ^(MJ)you are the same, and your years have no end.
^28 (MK)The children of your servants ^(ML)shall dwell secure;
    ^(MM)their offspring shall be established before you.

⁶ The Lord works ^(MW)righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷ He made known his ^(MX)ways to Moses,
    his ^(MY)acts to the people of Israel.
⁸ The Lord is ^(MZ)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
^9 (NA)He will not always chide,
    nor will he ^(NB)keep his anger forever.
¹⁰ He does not deal with us ^(NC)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For ^(ND)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his ^(NE)steadfast love toward ^(NF)those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he ^(NG)remove our transgressions from us.
¹³ As ^(NH)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion ^(NI)to those who fear him.
¹⁴ For he knows our frame;^[p]
    he ^(NJ)remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like ^(NK)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(NL)a flower of the field;
¹⁶ for ^(NM)the wind passes over it, and ^(NN)it is gone,
    and ^(NO)its place knows it no more.
¹⁷ But ^(NP)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on ^(NQ)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to ^(NR)children's children,
¹⁸ to those who ^(NS)keep his covenant
    and ^(NT)remember to do his commandments.
¹⁹ The Lord has ^(NU)established his throne in the heavens,
    and his ^(NV)kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Bless the Lord, O you ^(NW)his angels,
    you ^(NX)mighty ones who ^(NY)do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!
²¹ Bless the Lord, all his ^(NZ)hosts,
    his ^(OA)ministers, who do his will!
^22 (OB)Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
^(OC)Bless the Lord, O my soul!

⁵ He ^(OP)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶ You ^(OQ)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At ^(OR)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(OS)the sound of your thunder they ^(OT)took to flight.
⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(OU)appointed for them.
⁹ You set ^(OV)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(OW)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹ they ^(OX)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
^13 (OY)From your lofty abode you ^(OZ)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴ You cause ^(PA)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(PB)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(PC)food from the earth
¹⁵     and ^(PD)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(PE)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(PF)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(PG)the cedars of Lebanon ^(PH)that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for ^(PI)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(PJ)the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the ^(PK)seasons;^[q]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
^20 (PL)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
^21 (PM)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(PN)dens.
^23 (PO)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(PP)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(PQ)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and ^(PR)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(PS)play in it.^[r]

²⁷ These ^(PT)all look to you,
    to ^(PU)give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(PV)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you ^(PW)hide your face, they are ^(PX)dismayed;
    when you ^(PY)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(PZ)return to their dust.
³⁰ When you ^(QA)send forth your Spirit,^[s] they are created,
    and you ^(QB)renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord ^(QC)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(QD)rejoice in his works,
³² who looks on the earth and it ^(QE)trembles,
    who ^(QF)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³ I will sing to the Lord ^(QG)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴ May my ^(QH)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let ^(QI)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(QJ)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(QK)Praise the Lord!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
    his ^(QV)judgments are in all the earth.
⁸ He ^(QW)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for ^(QX)a thousand generations,
^9 (QY)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his ^(QZ)sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰ which he confirmed to ^(RA)Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹ saying, ^(RB)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as ^(RC)your portion for an inheritance.”

¹² When they were ^(RD)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(RE)sojourners in it,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴ he ^(RF)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(RG)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵ saying, ^(RH)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶ When he ^(RI)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(RJ)broke all supply^[t] of bread,
¹⁷ he had ^(RK)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(RL)sold as a slave.
¹⁸ His ^(RM)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹ until ^(RN)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(RO)tested him.
^20 (RP)The king sent and ^(RQ)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹ he ^(RR)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²² to bind^[u] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.