Psalm 92-94

New King James Version

Praise to the Lord for His Love and Faithfulness

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.

92 It is ^(A)good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
²To ^(B)declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,
And Your faithfulness every night,
³^(C)On an instrument of ten strings,
On the lute,
And on the harp,
With harmonious sound.
⁴For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;
I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

⁵^(D)O Lord, how great are Your works!
^(E)Your thoughts are very deep.
⁶^(F)A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
⁷When ^(G)the wicked ^[a]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.

⁸^(H)But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.
⁹For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies shall perish;
All the workers of iniquity shall ^(I)be scattered.

¹⁰But ^(J)my ^[b]horn You have exalted like a wild ox;
I have been ^(K)anointed with fresh oil.
¹¹^(L)My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies;
My ears hear my desire on the wicked
Who rise up against me.

¹²^(M)The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³Those who are planted in the house of the Lord
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
¹⁴They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be ^[c]fresh and ^[d]flourishing,
¹⁵To declare that the Lord is upright;
^(N)He is my rock, and ^(O)there is no unrighteousness in Him.

The Eternal Reign of the Lord

93 The ^(P)Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The Lord is clothed,
^(Q)He has girded Himself with strength.
Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be ^[e]moved.
²^(R)Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.

³The floods have ^[f]lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.
⁴^(S)The Lord on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Than the mighty waves of the sea.

⁵Your testimonies are very sure;
Holiness adorns Your house,
O Lord, ^[g]forever.

God the Refuge of the Righteous

94 O Lord God, ^(T)to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
²Rise up, O ^(U)Judge of the earth;
^[h]Render punishment to the proud.
³Lord, ^(V)how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?

⁴They ^(W)utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
⁵They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
⁶They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
⁷^(X)Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob ^[i]understand.”

⁸Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
⁹^(Y)He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
¹⁰He who ^[j]instructs the ^[k]nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?
¹¹The Lord ^(Z)knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the man whom You ^(AA)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
¹³That You may give him ^[l]rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴For the Lord will not ^[m]cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
¹⁵But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my help,
My soul would soon have settled in silence.
¹⁸If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
¹⁹In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Shall ^(AB)the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?
²¹They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn ^(AC)innocent blood.
²²But the Lord has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
²³He has brought on them their own iniquity,
And shall ^[n]cut them off in their own wickedness;
The Lord our God shall cut them off.