Psalm 92-94
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 92
Thanksgiving for Vindication
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath Day.
1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High,(A)
2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning
and your faithfulness by night,(B)
3 to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.(C)
4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
5 How great are your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are very deep!(D)
6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever,(E)
8 but you, O Lord, are on high forever.(F)
9 For your enemies, O Lord,
for your enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be scattered.(G)
10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
you have anointed me with fresh oil.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.(H)
12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.(I)
13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 In old age they still produce fruit;
they are always green and full of sap,(J)
15 showing that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.(K)
Psalm 93
The Majesty of God’s Rule
1 The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed; he is girded with strength.
He has established the world; it shall never be moved;(L)
2 your throne is established from of old;
you are from everlasting.(M)
3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters,
more majestic than the waves[a] of the sea,
majestic on high is the Lord!(N)
5 Your decrees are very sure;
holiness befits your house,
O Lord, forevermore.(O)
Psalm 94
God the Avenger of the Righteous
1 O Lord, you God of vengeance,
you God of vengeance, shine forth!(P)
2 Rise up, O judge of the earth;
give to the proud what they deserve!(Q)
3 O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked exult?(R)
4 They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.(S)
5 They crush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.
6 They kill the widow and the stranger;
they murder the orphan,
7 and they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”(T)
8 Understand, O dullest of the people;
fools, when will you be wise?(U)
9 He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?(V)
10 He who disciplines the nations,
he who teaches knowledge to humankind,
does he not chastise?(W)
11 The Lord knows our thoughts,[b]
that they are but an empty breath.(X)
12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,(Y)
13 giving them respite from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;(Z)
15 for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?(AA)
17 If the Lord had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.(AB)
18 When I thought, “My foot is slipping,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.(AC)
19 When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.(AD)
20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who contrive mischief by statute?(AE)
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.(AF)
22 But the Lord has become my stronghold
and my God the rock of my refuge.(AG)
23 He will repay them for their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.(AH)
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