Psalm 90-91

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.”