Psalm 90-106

Christian Standard Bible

³ You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”^(C)
4 For in your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.^(D)
5 You end their lives;^[b] they sleep.^(E)
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
⁶ in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.^(F)

⁷ For we are consumed by your anger;
we are terrified by your wrath.^(G)
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.^(H)
9 For all our days ebb away under your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.^(I)
10 Our lives last^[c] seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are^[d] struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.^(J)
11 Who understands the power of your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due you.^(K)
12 Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.^[e](L)

¹³ Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on your servants.^(M)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.^(N)
15 Make us rejoice for as many days as you have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.^(O)
16 Let your work be seen by your servants,
and your splendor by their children.^(P)
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!^(Q)

² I will say^[f] concerning the Lord, who is my refuge and my fortress,
my God in whom I trust:^(S)
3 He himself will rescue you from the bird trap,^(T)
from the destructive plague.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers;
you will take refuge under his wings.^(U)
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.^(V)
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,^(W)
6 the plague that stalks in darkness,
or the pestilence that ravages at noon.^(X)
7 Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.^(Y)
8 You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked.^(Z)

⁹ Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,^(AA)
the Most High—your dwelling place,^(AB)
10 no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.^(AC)
11 For he will give his angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.^(AD)
12 They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(AE)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the young lion and the serpent.^(AF)

¹⁴ Because he has his heart set on me,
I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he knows my name.^(AG)
15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.^(AH)
16 I will satisfy him with a long life^(AI)
and show him my salvation.^(AJ)

⁴ For you have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what you have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of your hands.^(AN)
5 How magnificent are your works, Lord,
how profound your thoughts!^(AO)
6 A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:^(AP)
7 though the wicked sprout like grass^(AQ)
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.^(AR)
8 But you, Lord, are exalted forever.^(AS)
9 For indeed, Lord, your enemies—
indeed, your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.^(AT)
10 You have lifted up my horn^(AU)
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed^[h] with the finest oil.^(AV)
11 My eyes look at my enemies;
when evildoers rise against me,
my ears hear them.^(AW)

¹² The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.^(AX)
13 Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.^(AY)
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
healthy and green,^(AZ)
15 to declare, “The Lord is just;
he is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.”^(BA)

⁵ Lord, your testimonies are completely reliable;^(BF)
holiness adorns your house
for all the days to come.^(BG)

⁴ They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.^(BK)
5 Lord, they crush your people;
they oppress your heritage.^(BL)
6 They kill the widow and the resident alien
and murder the fatherless.^(BM)
7 They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”^(BN)

⁸ Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?^(BO)
9 Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,
the one who formed the eye not see?^(BP)
10 The one who instructs nations,
the one who teaches mankind knowledge—
does he not discipline?^(BQ)
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of mankind;
they are futile.^(BR)

¹² Lord, how happy is anyone you discipline
and teach from your law^(BS)
13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.^(BT)
14 The Lord will not leave his people
or abandon his heritage,^(BU)
15 for the administration of justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow^[j] it.^(BV)

¹⁶ Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?^(BW)
17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.^(BX)
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
your faithful love will support me, Lord.^(BY)
19 When I am filled with cares,
your comfort brings me joy.^(BZ)

²⁰ Can a corrupt throne be your ally,
a throne that makes evil laws?^(CA)
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.^(CB)
22 But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.^(CC)
23 He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.^(CD)

³ For the Lord is a great God,
a great King above all gods.^(CG)
4 The depths of the earth are in his hand,
and the mountain peaks are his.^(CH)
5 The sea is his; he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.^(CI)

⁶ Come, let’s worship and bow down;
let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.^(CJ)
7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep under his care.^[k](CK)
Today, if you hear his voice:^(CL)
8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness^(CM)
9 where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.^(CN)
10 For forty years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know my ways.”^(CO)
11 So I swore in my anger,
“They will not enter my rest.”^(CP)

⁴ For the Lord is great and is highly praised;
he is feared above all gods.^(CU)
5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.^(CV)
6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.^(CW)

⁷ Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.^(CX)
8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;^(CY)
bring an offering and enter his courts.^(CZ)
9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;^(DA)
let the whole earth tremble before him.^(DB)

¹⁰ Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.^(DC)
The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.^(DD)
He judges the peoples fairly.”^(DE)
11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and all that fills it resound.^(DF)
12 Let the fields and everything in them celebrate.
Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy^(DG)
13 before the Lord, for he is coming—
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with his faithfulness.^(DH)

² Clouds and total darkness surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.^(DJ)
3 Fire goes before him
and burns up his foes on every side.^(DK)
4 His lightning lights up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.^(DL)
5 The mountains melt like wax
at the presence of the Lord—
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.^(DM)

⁶ The heavens proclaim his righteousness;^(DN)
all the peoples see his glory.^(DO)

⁷ All who serve carved images,
those who boast in worthless idols, will be put to shame.^(DP)
All the gods^[l] must worship him.^(DQ)

⁸ Zion hears and is glad,
Judah’s villages^[m] rejoice
because of your judgments, Lord.^(DR)
9 For you, Lord,
are the Most High over the whole earth;
you are exalted above all the gods.^(DS)

¹⁰ You who love the Lord, hate evil!^(DT)
He protects the lives of his faithful ones;^(DU)
he rescues them from the power of the wicked.^(DV)
11 Light dawns^[n][o] for the righteous,
gladness for the upright in heart.^(DW)
12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.^[p](DX)

⁴ Let the whole earth shout to the Lord;
be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.^(EC)
5 Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.^(ED)
6 With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn
shout triumphantly
in the presence of the Lord, our King.^(EE)

⁷ Let the sea and all that fills it,
the world and those who live in it, resound.^(EF)
8 Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy^(EG)
9 before the Lord,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.^(EH)

⁴ The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
you have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.^(EN)
5 Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at his footstool.^(EO)
He is holy.^(EP)

⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests;^(EQ)
Samuel also was among those calling on his name.
They called to the Lord and he answered them.^(ER)
7 He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;^(ES)
they kept his decrees and the statutes he gave them.
⁸ Lord our God, you answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,^(ET)
but an avenger of their sinful actions.^(EU)

⁹ Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at his holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.^(EV)

⁵ I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;^(FG)
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.^(FH)
6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.^(FI)
7 No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
the one who tells lies
will not be retained here to guide me.^[t](FJ)
8 Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
wiping out all evildoers from the Lord’s city.^(FK)

³ For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.^(FO)
4 My heart is suffering, withered like grass;^(FP)
I even forget to eat my food.^(FQ)
5 Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.^(FR)
6 I am like an eagle owl,
like a little owl among the ruins.^(FS)
7 I stay awake;^(FT)
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
⁸ My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and use my name as a curse.^(FU)
9 I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears^(FV)
10 because of your indignation and wrath;
for you have picked me up and thrown me aside.^(FW)
11 My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.^(FX)

¹² But you, Lord, are enthroned forever;^(FY)
your fame endures to all generations.^(FZ)
13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her—
the appointed time has come.^(GA)
14 For your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.^(GB)

¹⁵ Then the nations will fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,^(GC)
16 for the Lord will rebuild Zion;
he will appear in his glory.^(GD)
17 He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.^(GE)

¹⁸ This will be written for a later generation,
and a people who have not yet been created will praise the Lord:^(GF)
19 He looked down from his holy heights—
the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth^(GG)—
²⁰ to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
to set free those condemned to die,^[u](GH)
21 so that they might declare
the name of the Lord in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem^(GI)
22 when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
to serve the Lord.^(GJ)

²³ He has broken my^[v] strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.^(GK)
24 I say, “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!^[w]
Your years continue through all generations.^(GL)
25 Long ago you established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(GM)
26 They will perish, but you will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.^(GN)
27 But you are the same,
and your years will never end.^(GO)
28 Your servants’ children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before you.”^(GP)

³ He forgives all your iniquity;^(GS)
he heals all your diseases.^(GT)
4 He redeems your life from the Pit;^(GU)
he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.^(GV)
5 He satisfies you^[x] with good things;^(GW)
your youth is renewed like the eagle.^(GX)

⁶ The Lord executes acts of righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.^(GY)
7 He revealed his ways to Moses,^(GZ)
his deeds to the people of Israel.^(HA)
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.^(HB)
9 He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.^(HC)
10 He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve
or repaid us according to our iniquities.^(HD)

¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his faithful love
toward those who fear him.^(HE)
12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.^(HF)
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.^(HG)
14 For he knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.^(HH)

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;^(HI)
16 when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.^[y](HJ)
17 But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,
and his righteousness toward the grandchildren^(HK)
18 of those who keep his covenant,
who remember to observe his precepts.^(HL)
19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.^(HM)

²⁰ Bless the Lord,
all his angels of great strength,
who do his word,
obedient to his command.^(HN)
21 Bless the Lord, all his armies,
his servants who do his will.^(HO)
22 Bless the Lord, all his works
in all the places where he rules.^(HP)
My soul, bless the Lord!

⁵ He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.^(HW)
6 You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the water stood above the mountains.^(HX)
7 At your rebuke the water fled;
at the sound of your thunder they hurried away^(HY)—
⁸ mountains rose and valleys sank^[aa]—
to the place you established for them.^(HZ)
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again.^(IA)

¹⁰ He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.^(IB)
11 They supply water for every wild beast;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.^(IC)
12 The birds of the sky live beside the springs;
they make their voices heard among the foliage.^(ID)
13 He waters the mountains from his palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor.^(IE)

¹⁴ He causes grass to grow for the livestock
and provides crops for man to cultivate,
producing food from the earth,^(IF)
15 wine that makes human hearts glad—
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains human hearts.^(IG)

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord flourish,^[ab]
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.^(IH)
17 There the birds make their nests;
storks make their homes in the pine trees.^(II)
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.^(IJ)

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the^[ac] festivals;^[ad]
the sun knows when to set.^(IK)
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir.^(IL)
21 The young lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.^(IM)
22 The sun rises; they go back
and lie down in their dens.^(IN)
23 Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening.^(IO)

²⁴ How countless are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.^[ae](IP)
25 Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.^(IQ)
26 There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play there.^(IR)

²⁷ All of them wait for you
to give them their food at the right time.^(IS)
28 When you give it to them,
they gather it;
when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.^(IT)
29 When you hide your face,
they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.^(IU)
30 When you send your breath,^[af]
they are created,^(IV)
and you renew the surface of the ground.^(IW)

³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works.^(IX)
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
he touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.^(IY)
33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.^(IZ)
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him;
I will rejoice in the Lord.^(JA)
35 May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.^(JB)
My soul, bless the Lord!
Hallelujah!

⁷ He is the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.^(JI)
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generations^(JJ)—
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,
swore^[ah] to Isaac,^(JK)
10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:^(JL)
11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”^(JM)

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,^(JN)
13 wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,^(JO)
14 he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:^(JP)
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones,^(JQ)
or harm my prophets.”^(JR)

¹⁶ He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.^(JS)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.^(JT)
18 They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.^(JU)
19 Until the time his prediction came true,
the word of the Lord tested him.^(JV)
20 The king sent for him and released him;
the ruler of peoples set him free.^(JW)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all his possessions^(JX)—
²² binding^[ai] his officials at will
and instructing his elders.^(JY)

²³ Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.^[aj](JZ)
24 The Lord^[ak] made his people very fruitful;
he made them more numerous than their foes,^(KA)
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people
and to deal deceptively with his servants.^(KB)
26 He sent Moses his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.^(KC)
27 They performed his miraculous signs among them
and wonders in the land of Ham.^(KD)
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy his commands?^(KE)
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.^(KF)
30 Their land was overrun with frogs,
even in their royal chambers.^(KG)
31 He spoke, and insects came^(KH)—
gnats throughout their country.^(KI)
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and lightning throughout their land.^(KJ)
33 He struck their vines and fig trees
and shattered the trees of their territory.^(KK)
34 He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
³⁵ They devoured all the vegetation in their land
and consumed the produce of their land.^(KL)
36 He struck all the firstborn in their land,
all their first progeny.^(KM)

³⁷ Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among his tribes stumbled.^(KN)
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
for the dread of Israel^[al] had fallen on them.^(KO)
39 He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.^(KP)
40 They asked, and he brought quail
and satisfied them with bread from heaven.^(KQ)
41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.^(KR)
42 For he remembered his holy promise
to Abraham his servant.^(KS)
43 He brought his people out with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy.^(KT)
44 He gave them the lands of the nations,
and they inherited
what other peoples had worked for.^(KU)

⁴⁵ All this happened
so that they might keep his statutes
and obey his instructions.^(KV)
Hallelujah!

⁴ Remember me, Lord,
when you show favor to your people.^(KZ)
Come to me with your salvation
⁵ so that I may enjoy the prosperity
of your chosen ones,
rejoice in the joy of your nation,
and boast about your heritage.^(LA)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.^(LB)
7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of your wondrous works
or remember your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.^(LC)
8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his power known.^(LD)
9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.^(LE)
10 He saved them from the power of the adversary;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.^(LF)
11 Water covered their foes;
not one of them remained.^(LG)
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.^(LH)

¹³ They soon forgot his works
and would not wait for his counsel.^(LI)
14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.^(LJ)
15 He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.^(LK)

¹⁶ In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.^(LL)
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.^(LM)
18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.^(LN)

¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.^(LO)
20 They exchanged their glory^[am][an]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.^(LP)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,^(LQ)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,^[ao]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.^(LR)
23 So he said he would have destroyed them—
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.^(LS)

²⁴ They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe his promise.^(LT)
25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord.^(LU)
26 So he raised his hand against them with an oath
that he would make them fall in the desert^(LV)
27 and would disperse their descendants^[ap]
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.^(LW)

²⁸ They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.^[aq](LX)
29 They angered the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.^(LY)
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.^(LZ)
31 It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.^(MA)

³² They angered the Lord at the Waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered^[ar] because of them,^(MB)
33 for they embittered his spirit,^[as]
and he spoke rashly with his lips.^(MC)

³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them^(MD)
35 but mingled with the nations
and adopted their ways.^(ME)
36 They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.^(MF)
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.^(MG)
38 They shed innocent blood—
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.^(MH)
39 They defiled themselves by their actions
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.^(MI)

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people,
and he abhorred his own inheritance.^(MJ)
41 He handed them over to the nations;
those who hated them ruled over them.^(MK)
42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were subdued under their power.^(ML)
43 He rescued them many times,
but they continued to rebel deliberately
and were beaten down by their iniquity.^(MM)

⁴⁴ When he heard their cry,
he took note of their distress,^(MN)
45 remembered his covenant with them,
and relented according to the abundance
of his faithful love.^(MO)
46 He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.^(MP)

⁴⁷ Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise.^(MQ)

⁴⁸ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.^(MR)
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Hallelujah!^(MS)