PSALM 89

The Lord’s Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions.

A †Maskil of •Ethan ^the Ezrahite.

1 I will asing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;

To all generations I will bmake known Your cfaithfulness with my mouth.

2 For I have said, “aLovingkindness will be built up forever;

In the heavens You will establish Your bfaithfulness.”

3 “I have made a covenant with aMy chosen;

I have bsworn to David My servant,

4 I will establish your aseed forever

And build up your bthrone to all generations.”

1Selah.

5 The aheavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;

Your faithfulness also bin the assembly of the choly ones.

6 For awho in the skies is comparable to the Lord?

Who among the 1bsons of the mighty is like the Lord,

7 A God agreatly feared in the council of the bholy ones,

And cawesome above all those who are around Him?

8 O Lord God of hosts, awho is like You, O mighty 1Lord?

Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

9 You rule the swelling of the sea;

When its waves rise, You astill them.

10 You Yourself crushed 1aRahab like one who is slain;

You bscattered Your enemies with 2Your mighty arm.

11 The aheavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The bworld and 1all it contains, You have founded them.

12 The anorth and the south, You have created them;

bTabor and cHermon dshout for joy at Your name.

13 You have 1a strong arm;

Your hand is mighty, Your aright hand is exalted.

14 aRighteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

bLovingkindness and 1truth go before You.

15 How blessed are the people who know the 1ajoyful sound!

O Lord, they walk in the blight of Your countenance.

16 In aYour name they rejoice all the day,

And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

17 For You are the glory of atheir strength,

And by Your favor 1our bhorn is exalted.

18 For our ashield belongs to the Lord,

1And our king to the bHoly One of Israel.

19 1Once You spoke in vision to Your godly 2ones,

And said, “I have 3given help to one who is amighty;

I have exalted one bchosen from the people.

20 “I have afound David My servant;

With My holy boil I have anointed him,

21 With whom aMy hand will be established;

My arm also will bstrengthen him.

22 “The enemy will not 1deceive him,

Nor the 2ason of wickedness afflict him.

23 “But I shall acrush his adversaries before him,

And strike those who hate him.

24 “My afaithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,

And in My name his bhorn will be exalted.

25 “I shall also set his hand aon the sea

And his right hand on the rivers.

26 “He will cry to Me, ‘You are amy Father,

My God, and the brock of my salvation.’

27 “I also shall make him My afirstborn,

The bhighest of the kings of the earth.

28 “My alovingkindness I will keep for him forever,

And My bcovenant shall be confirmed to him.

29 “So I will establish his 1adescendants forever

And his bthrone cas the days of heaven.

30 “If his sons aforsake My law

And do not walk in My judgments,

31 If they 1violate My statutes

And do not keep My commandments,

32 Then I will punish their transgression with the arod

And their iniquity with stripes.

33 “But I will not break off aMy lovingkindness from him,

Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

34 “My acovenant I will not 1violate,

Nor will I balter 2the utterance of My lips.

35 “1Once I have asworn by My holiness;

I will not lie to David.

36 “His 1adescendants shall endure forever

And his bthrone cas the sun before Me.

37 “It shall be established forever alike the moon,

And the bwitness in the sky is faithful.”

1Selah.

38 But You have acast off and brejected,

You have been full of wrath 1against Your canointed.

39 You have aspurned the covenant of Your servant;

You have bprofaned chis crown 1in the dust.

40 You have abroken down all his walls;

You have bbrought his strongholds to ruin.

41 aAll who pass along the way plunder him;

He has become a breproach to his neighbors.

42 You have aexalted the right hand of his adversaries;

You have bmade all his enemies rejoice.

43 You also turn back the edge of his sword

And have anot made him stand in battle.

44 You have made his 1asplendor to cease

And cast his throne to the ground.

45 You have ashortened the days of his youth;

You have bcovered him with shame.

Selah.

46 aHow long, O Lord?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your bwrath burn like fire?

47 aRemember 1what my span of life is;

For what bvanity 2You have created all the sons of men!

48 What man can live and not asee death?

Can he bdeliver his soul from the 1power of 2Sheol?

Selah.

49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,

Which You aswore to David in Your faithfulness?

50 Remember, O Lord, the areproach of Your servants;

1How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

51 With which aYour enemies have reproached, O Lord,

With which they have reproached the footsteps of bYour anointed.

52 aBlessed be the Lord forever!

Amen and Amen.

BOOK 4

PSALM 90

God’s Eternity and Man’s Transitoriness.

A Prayer of †Moses, the man of God.

1 Lord, You have been our 1adwelling place in all generations.

2 Before athe mountains were born

1Or You bgave birth to the earth and the world,

Even cfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 You aturn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O children of men.”

4 For aa thousand years in Your sight

Are like byesterday when it passes by,

1Or as a cwatch in the night.

5 You ahave 1swept them away like a flood, they 2bfall asleep;

In the morning they are like cgrass which 3sprouts anew.

6 In the morning it aflourishes and 1sprouts anew;

Toward evening it bfades and cwithers away.

7 For we have been aconsumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been 1dismayed.

8 You have aplaced our iniquities before You,

Our bsecret sins in the light of Your presence.

9 For aall our days have declined in Your fury;

We have finished our years like a 1sigh.

10 As for the days of our 1life, 2they contain seventy years,

Or if due to strength, aeighty years,

Yet their pride is but blabor and sorrow;

For soon it is gone and we cfly away.

11 Who 1understands the apower of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the bfear 2that is due You?

12 So ateach us to number our days,

That we may 1bpresent to You a heart of wisdom.

13 Do areturn, O Lord; bhow long will it be?

And 1be csorry for Your servants.

14 O asatisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,

That we may bsing for joy and be glad all our days.

15 aMake us glad 1according to the days You have afflicted us,

And the byears we have seen 2evil.

16 Let Your awork appear to Your servants

And Your bmajesty 1to their children.

17 Let the afavor of the Lord our God be upon us;

And 1bconfirm for us the work of our hands;

Yes, 1confirm the work of our hands.

PSALM 91

Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord.

1 He who dwells in the ashelter of the Most High

Will abide in the bshadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say to the Lord, “My arefuge and my bfortress,

My God, in whom I ctrust!”

3 For it is He who delivers you from the asnare of the trapper

And from the deadly bpestilence.

4 He will acover you with His pinions,

And bunder His wings you may seek refuge;

His cfaithfulness is a dshield and bulwark.

5 You awill not be afraid of the bterror by night,

Or of the carrow that flies by day;

6 Of the apestilence that 1stalks in darkness,

Or of the bdestruction that lays waste at noon.

7 A thousand may fall at your side

And ten thousand at your right hand,

But ait shall not approach you.

8 You will only look on with your eyes

And asee the recompense of the wicked.

9 1For you have made the Lord, amy refuge,

Even the Most High, byour dwelling place.

10 aNo evil will befall you,

Nor will any plague come near your 1tent.

11 For He will give aHis angels charge concerning you,

To guard you in all your ways.

12 They will abear you up in their hands,

That you do not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will atread upon the lion and cobra,

The young lion and the 1serpent you will trample down.

14 “aBecause he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will bset him securely on high, because he has cknown My name.

15 “He will acall upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in 1trouble;

I will rescue him and bhonor him.

16 “With 1a along life I will satisfy him

And 2blet him see My salvation.”

PSALM 92

Praise for the Lord’s Goodness.

A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day.

1 It is agood to give thanks to the Lord

And to bsing praises to Your name, O Most High;

2 To adeclare Your lovingkindness in the morning

And Your bfaithfulness 1by night,

3 1With the aten-stringed lute and 1with the aharp,

1With resounding music 2upon the alyre.

4 For You, O Lord, have made me glad by 1what You ahave done,

I will bsing for joy at the cworks of Your hands.

5 How agreat are Your works, O Lord!

Your 1bthoughts are very cdeep.

6 A asenseless man has no knowledge,

Nor does a astupid man understand this:

7 That when the wicked asprouted up like grass

And all bwho did iniquity flourished,

It was only that they might be cdestroyed forevermore.

8 But You, O Lord, are aon high forever.

9 For, behold, Your enemies, O Lord,

For, behold, aYour enemies will perish;

All who do iniquity will be bscattered.

10 But You have exalted my ahorn like that of the wild ox;

I have 1been banointed with fresh oil.

11 And my eye has alooked exultantly upon 1my foes,

My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

12 The arighteous man will 1flourish like the palm tree,

He will grow like a bcedar in Lebanon.

13 aPlanted in the house of the Lord,

They will flourish bin the courts of our God.

14 They will still 1ayield fruit in old age;

They shall be 2full of sap and very green,

15 To 1declare that athe Lord is upright;

He is my brock, and there is cno unrighteousness in Him.

PSALM 93

The Majesty of the Lord.

1 aThe Lord 1reigns, He is bclothed with majesty;

The Lord has cclothed and girded Himself with strength;

Indeed, the dworld is firmly established, it will not be moved.

2 Your athrone is established from of old;

You bare from everlasting.

3 The afloods have lifted up, O Lord,

The floods have lifted up their voice,

The floods lift up their pounding waves.

4 More than the sounds of many waters,

Than the mighty breakers of the sea,

The Lord aon high is mighty.

5 Your atestimonies are fully confirmed;

bHoliness befits Your house,

O Lord, 1forevermore.