Psalm 87; Psalm 88; Psalm 89; Psalm 91; Psalm 92; Psalm 93

1He has founded His city on the holy mountains.

2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah

4“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”

5And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”

6The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah

7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”

1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.

3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.

7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.

14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.

18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

1I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.

6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

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.”

1It 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.”

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.