Book Four

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A (A)Prayer of Moses, the (B)man of God.

90 Lord, you have been our (C)dwelling place[a]
    in all generations.
(D)Before the (E)mountains were brought forth,
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    (F)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

You return man to dust
    and say, (G)“Return, (H)O children of man!”[b]
For (I)a thousand years in your sight
    are but as (J)yesterday when it is past,
    or as (K)a watch in the night.

You (L)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like (M)a dream,
    like (N)grass that is renewed in the morning:
in (O)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it (P)fades and (Q)withers.

For we are brought to an end by your anger;
    by your wrath we are dismayed.
You have (R)set our iniquities before you,
    our (S)secret sins in the light of your presence.

For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span[c] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

12 (T)So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 (U)Return, O Lord! (V)How long?
    Have (W)pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the (X)morning with your steadfast love,
    that we may (Y)rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have (Z)afflicted us,
    and for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your (AA)work be shown to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the (AB)favor[d] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish (AC)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in (AD)the shelter of the Most High
    will abide in (AE)the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say[e] to the Lord, “My (AF)refuge and my (AG)fortress,
    my God, in whom I (AH)trust.”

For he will deliver you from (AI)the snare of the fowler
    and from the deadly pestilence.
He will (AJ)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his (AK)wings you will (AL)find refuge;
    his (AM)faithfulness is (AN)a shield and buckler.
(AO)You will not fear (AP)the terror of the night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
    nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
You will only look with your eyes
    and (AQ)see the recompense of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord your (AR)dwelling place—
    the Most High, who is my (AS)refuge[f]
10 (AT)no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
    (AU)no plague come near your tent.

11 (AV)For he will command his (AW)angels concerning you
    to (AX)guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you (AY)strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on (AZ)the lion and the (BA)adder;
    the young lion and (BB)the serpent you will (BC)trample underfoot.

14 “Because he (BD)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he (BE)knows my name.
15 When he (BF)calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and (BG)honor him.
16 With (BH)long life I will satisfy him
    and (BI)show him my salvation.”

How Great Are Your Works

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

92 (BJ)It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
    to sing praises to your name, (BK)O Most High;
to declare your (BL)steadfast love in (BM)the morning,
    and your (BN)faithfulness by (BO)night,
to the music of (BP)the lute and (BQ)the harp,
    to the melody of (BR)the lyre.
For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your (BS)work;
    at (BT)the works of your hands I sing for joy.

How (BU)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your (BV)thoughts are very (BW)deep!
The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
that though (BX)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all (BY)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
    but you, O Lord, are (BZ)on high forever.
For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be (CA)scattered.

10 But you have exalted my (CB)horn like that of (CC)the wild ox;
    you have (CD)poured over me[g] fresh oil.
11 My (CE)eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
    my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12 (CF)The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in (CG)the courts of our God.
14 They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
15 (CH)to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my (CI)rock, and there is (CJ)no unrighteousness in him.

The Lord Reigns

93 (CK)The Lord reigns; he is (CL)robed in majesty;
    the Lord is (CM)robed; he has (CN)put on strength as his belt.
(CO)Yes, the world is established; (CP)it shall never be moved.
(CQ)Your throne is established from of old;
    (CR)you are from everlasting.

(CS)The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    (CT)the Lord (CU)on high is mighty!

Your (CV)decrees are very trustworthy;
    (CW)holiness befits your house,
    O Lord, forevermore.

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94 O Lord, God of (CX)vengeance,
    O God of vengeance, (CY)shine forth!
(CZ)Rise up, O (DA)judge of the earth;
    repay to the (DB)proud what they deserve!
O Lord, (DC)how long shall the wicked,
    how long shall (DD)the wicked exult?
They pour out their (DE)arrogant words;
    all (DF)the evildoers boast.
They (DG)crush your people, O Lord,
    and afflict your heritage.
They kill (DH)the widow and the sojourner,
    and murder (DI)the fatherless;
(DJ)and they say, “The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

(DK)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
(DL)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He who (DM)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who (DN)teaches man knowledge—
11     (DO)the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are (DP)but a breath.[h]

12 (DQ)Blessed is the man whom you (DR)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
13 to give him (DS)rest from (DT)days of trouble,
    until (DU)a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 (DV)For the Lord will not forsake his (DW)people;
    he will not abandon his (DX)heritage;
15 for (DY)justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will (DZ)follow it.

16 (EA)Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
17 (EB)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of (EC)silence.
18 When I thought, (ED)“My foot slips,”
    your steadfast love, O Lord, (EE)held me up.
19 When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.
20 Can (EF)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame[i] injustice by (EG)statute?
21 They (EH)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn (EI)the innocent to death.[j]
22 But the Lord has become my (EJ)stronghold,
    and my God (EK)the rock of my (EL)refuge.
23 He will bring back on them (EM)their iniquity
    and (EN)wipe them out for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
    let us (EO)make a joyful noise to (EP)the rock of our salvation!
Let us (EQ)come into his presence with thanksgiving;
    let us (ER)make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
For the Lord is (ES)a great God,
    and a great King (ET)above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth;
    the heights of the mountains are his also.
The sea is his, for (EU)he made it,
    and his hands formed (EV)the dry land.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us (EW)kneel before the Lord, our (EX)Maker!
For he is our (EY)God,
    and we are the people of his (EZ)pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.
(FA)Today, if you (FB)hear his voice,
    (FC)do not harden your hearts, as at (FD)Meribah,
    as on the day at (FE)Massah in the wilderness,
when your fathers put me to the (FF)test
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my (FG)work.
10 (FH)For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known (FI)my ways.”
11 Therefore I (FJ)swore in my wrath,
    “They shall not enter (FK)my rest.”

Worship in the Splendor of Holiness

96 (FL)Oh sing to the Lord (FM)a new song;
    sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
    (FN)tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
    his marvelous works among all the peoples!
For (FO)great is the Lord, and (FP)greatly to be praised;
    he is to be feared above (FQ)all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
    but the Lord (FR)made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him;
    (FS)strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Ascribe to the Lord, O (FT)families of the peoples,
    (FU)ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
Ascribe to the Lord (FV)the glory due his name;
    bring (FW)an offering, and (FX)come into his courts!
Worship the Lord in (FY)the splendor of holiness;[k]
    (FZ)tremble before him, all the earth!

10 Say among the nations, (GA)“The Lord reigns!
    Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
    he will (GB)judge the peoples with equity.”

11 Let (GC)the heavens be glad, and let (GD)the earth rejoice;
    let (GE)the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12     let (GF)the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all (GG)the trees of the forest sing for joy
13     before the Lord, for he comes,
    for he comes (GH)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.

The Lord Reigns

97 (GI)The Lord reigns, (GJ)let the earth rejoice;
    let the many (GK)coastlands be glad!
(GL)Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    (GM)righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
(GN)Fire goes before him
    and burns up his adversaries all around.
His (GO)lightnings light up the world;
    the earth sees and (GP)trembles.
The mountains (GQ)melt like (GR)wax before the Lord,
    before (GS)the Lord of all the earth.

(GT)The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all (GU)the peoples see his glory.
All worshipers of images are (GV)put to shame,
    who make their boast in (GW)worthless idols;
    (GX)worship him, all you gods!

Zion hears and (GY)is glad,
    and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
    because of your judgments, O Lord.
For you, O Lord, are (GZ)most high over all the earth;
    you are exalted far above (HA)all gods.

10 O you who love the Lord, (HB)hate evil!
    He (HC)preserves the lives of his (HD)saints;
    he (HE)delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 (HF)Light (HG)is sown[l] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.
12 (HH)Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
    and (HI)give thanks to his holy name!

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

98 Oh sing to the Lord (HJ)a new song,
    for he has done (HK)marvelous things!
His (HL)right hand and his holy arm
    have worked salvation for him.
The Lord has (HM)made known his salvation;
    he has (HN)revealed his righteousness in (HO)the sight of the nations.
He has (HP)remembered his (HQ)steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All (HR)the ends of the earth have seen
    (HS)the salvation of our God.

(HT)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    (HU)break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the (HV)sound of melody!
With (HW)trumpets and the sound of (HX)the horn
    (HY)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

(HZ)Let the sea roar, and (IA)all that fills it;
    (IB)the world and those who dwell in it!
Let the rivers (IC)clap their hands;
    let (ID)the hills sing for joy together
before the Lord, for he comes
    to (IE)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
    and the peoples with equity.

The Lord Our God Is Holy

99 (IF)The Lord reigns; (IG)let the peoples tremble!
    He (IH)sits enthroned upon the cherubim; (II)let the earth quake!
The Lord is (IJ)great in Zion;
    he is (IK)exalted over all the peoples.
Let them praise your (IL)great and awesome name!
    (IM)Holy is he!
(IN)The King in his might (IO)loves justice.[m]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.
(IP)Exalt the Lord our God;
    (IQ)worship at his (IR)footstool!
    (IS)Holy is he!

(IT)Moses and Aaron were among his (IU)priests,
    Samuel also was among those who (IV)called upon his name.
    They (IW)called to the Lord, and he answered them.
In (IX)the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
    they (IY)kept his testimonies
    and the statute that he gave them.

O Lord our God, you answered them;
    you were (IZ)a forgiving God to them,
    but (JA)an avenger of their wrongdoings.
Exalt the Lord our God,
    and worship at his (JB)holy mountain;
    for the Lord our God is holy!

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for (JC)giving thanks.

100 (JD)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
    (JE)Serve the Lord with gladness!
    (JF)Come into his presence with singing!

Know that (JG)the Lord, he is God!
    It is he who (JH)made us, and (JI)we are his;[n]
    we are his (JJ)people, and (JK)the sheep of his pasture.

(JL)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
    and his (JM)courts with praise!
    Give thanks to him; (JN)bless his name!

(JO)For the Lord is good;
    his steadfast love endures forever,
    and his (JP)faithfulness to all generations.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge
  2. Psalm 90:3 Or of Adam
  3. Psalm 90:10 Or pride
  4. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
  5. Psalm 91:2 Septuagint He will say
  6. Psalm 91:9 Or For you, O Lord, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your dwelling place
  7. Psalm 92:10 Compare Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  8. Psalm 94:11 Septuagint they are futile
  9. Psalm 94:20 Or fashion
  10. Psalm 94:21 Hebrew condemn innocent blood
  11. Psalm 96:9 Or in holy attire
  12. Psalm 97:11 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns
  13. Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice
  14. Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves

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