Psalm 90-92
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Book IV
(Psalms 90–106)
Psalm 90
God’s Eternity and Human Frailty
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place[a]
in all generations.(A)
2 Before the mountains were brought forth
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.(B)
3 You turn us[b] back to dust
and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”(C)
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are like yesterday when it is past
or like a watch in the night.(D)
5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning;(E)
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.(F)
7 For we are consumed by your anger;
by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your countenance.(G)
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath;
our years come to an end[c] like a sigh.(H)
10 The days of our life are seventy years
or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span[d] is only toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.(I)
11 Who considers the power of your anger?
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.(J)
12 So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.(K)
13 Turn, O Lord! How long?
Have compassion on your servants!(L)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.(M)
15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us
and as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be manifest to your servants
and your glorious power to their children.(N)
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us
and prosper for us the work of our hands—
O prosper the work of our hands!(O)
Psalm 91
Assurance of God’s Protection
1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,[e](P)
2 will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.”(Q)
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the hunter
and from the deadly pestilence;(R)
4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and defense.(S)
5 You will not fear the terror of the night
or the arrow that flies by day(T)
6 or the pestilence that stalks in darkness
or the destruction that wastes at noonday.(U)
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 see the punishment of the wicked.(V)
9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge,[f]
the Most High your dwelling place,
10 no evil shall befall you,
no scourge come near your tent.(W)
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.(X)
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.(Y)
14 Those who love me, I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.(Z)
15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble;
I will rescue them and honor them.(AA)
16 With long life I will satisfy them
and show them my salvation.(AB)
Psalm 92
Thanksgiving for Vindication
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath Day.
1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High,(AC)
2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning
and your faithfulness by night,(AD)
3 to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.(AE)
4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
5 How great are your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are very deep!(AF)
6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever,(AG)
8 but you, O Lord, are on high forever.(AH)
9 For your enemies, O Lord,
for your enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be scattered.(AI)
10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
you have anointed me with fresh oil.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.(AJ)
12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.(AK)
13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 In old age they still produce fruit;
they are always green and full of sap,(AL)
15 showing that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.(AM)
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