Psalms 90-92

1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

5You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

6in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

14Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

16May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

17May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!

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.”