A Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath Leannoth.” A [a]Contemplation of (A)Heman the Ezrahite.

88 O Lord, (B)God of my salvation,
I have cried out day and night before You.
Let my prayer come before You;
[b]Incline Your ear to my cry.

For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life (C)draws near to the grave.
I am counted with those who (D)go[c] down to the pit;
(E)I am like a man who has no strength,
[d]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.
Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all (F)Your waves. Selah
(G)You have [e]put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
(H)I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
My eye wastes away because of affliction.

(I)Lord, I have called daily upon You;
I have stretched out my hands to You.
10 Will You work wonders for the dead?
Shall [f]the dead arise and praise You? Selah
11 Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But to You I have cried out, O Lord,
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 Lord, why do You cast off my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth;
I suffer Your terrors;
I am distraught.
16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have [g]cut me off.
17 They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.
18 (J)Loved one and friend You have put far from me,
And my acquaintances into darkness.

Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings

A [h]Contemplation of (K)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
(L)Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

“I(M) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have (N)sworn to My servant David:
‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne (O)to all generations.’ ” Selah

And (P)the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
(Q)For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
(R)God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
(S)You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
10 (T)You have broken [i]Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

11 (U)The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The north and the south, You have created them;
(V)Tabor and (W)Hermon rejoice in Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
15 Blessed are the people who know the (X)joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our [j]horn is (Y)exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your [k]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one (Z)chosen from the people.
20 (AA)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
21 (AB)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not [l]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

24 “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
25 Also I will (AC)set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are (AD)my Father,
My God, and (AE)the rock of my salvation.’
27 Also I will make him (AF)My firstborn,
(AG)The highest of the kings of the earth.
28 (AH)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,
(AI)And his throne (AJ)as the days of heaven.

30 “If(AK) his sons (AL)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they [m]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 (AM)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not [n]utterly take from him,
Nor [o]allow My faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor (AN)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
35 Once I have sworn (AO)by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
36 (AP)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne (AQ)as the sun before Me;
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

38 But You have (AR)cast off and (AS)abhorred,[p]
You have been furious with Your [q]anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
(AT)You have [r]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his [s]strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by the way (AU)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
44 You have made his [t]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah

46 How long, Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time (AV)is;
For what (AW)futility have You created all the children of men?
48 What man can live and not [u]see (AX)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of [v]the grave? Selah

49 Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You (AY)swore to David (AZ)in Your truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
(BA)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 (BB)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your [w]anointed.

52 (BC)Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.

BOOK FOUR

Psalms 90–106

The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty

A Prayer (BD)of Moses the man of God.

90 Lord, (BE)You have been our [x]dwelling place in all generations.
(BF)Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You [y]had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

You turn man to destruction,
And say, (BG)“Return, O children of men.”
(BH)For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
You carry them away like a flood;
(BI)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (BJ)they are like grass which grows up:
In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
(BK)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our (BL)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
10 The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12 (BM)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And (BN)have compassion on Your servants.
14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
(BO)That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let (BP)Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.
17 (BQ)And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And (BR)establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.

Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God

91 He (BS)who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide (BT)under the shadow of the Almighty.
(BU)I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”

Surely (BV)He shall deliver you from the snare of the [z]fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
(BW)He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and [aa]buckler.
(BX)You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
Only (BY)with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord, who is (BZ)my refuge,
Even the Most High, (CA)your dwelling place,
10 (CB)No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 (CC)For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall [ab]bear you up,
(CD)Lest you [ac]dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will [ad]set him on high, because he has (CE)known My name.
15 He shall (CF)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be (CG)with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With [ae]long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”

Praise to the Lord for His Love and Faithfulness

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.

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

(CK)O Lord, how great are Your works!
(CL)Your thoughts are very deep.
(CM)A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
When (CN)the wicked [af]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.

(CO)But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.
For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies shall perish;
All the workers of iniquity shall (CP)be scattered.

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

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

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:1 Heb. Maschil
  2. Psalm 88:2 Listen to
  3. Psalm 88:4 Die
  4. Psalm 88:5 Lit. Free
  5. Psalm 88:8 taken away my friends
  6. Psalm 88:10 shades, ghosts
  7. Psalm 88:16 destroyed me
  8. Psalm 89:1 Heb. Maschil
  9. Psalm 89:10 Egypt
  10. Psalm 89:17 Strength
  11. Psalm 89:19 So with many Heb. mss.; MT, LXX, Tg., Vg. holy ones
  12. Psalm 89:22 Or exact usury from him
  13. Psalm 89:31 profane
  14. Psalm 89:33 Lit. break off
  15. Psalm 89:33 Lit. deal falsely with My faithfulness
  16. Psalm 89:38 rejected
  17. Psalm 89:38 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
  18. Psalm 89:39 defiled
  19. Psalm 89:40 fortresses
  20. Psalm 89:44 splendor or brightness
  21. Psalm 89:48 experience death
  22. Psalm 89:48 Or Sheol
  23. Psalm 89:51 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
  24. Psalm 90:1 LXX, Tg., Vg. refuge
  25. Psalm 90:2 Lit. gave birth to
  26. Psalm 91:3 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
  27. Psalm 91:4 A small shield
  28. Psalm 91:12 lift
  29. Psalm 91:12 strike
  30. Psalm 91:14 exalt him
  31. Psalm 91:16 Lit. length of days
  32. Psalm 92:7 sprout
  33. Psalm 92:10 Strength
  34. Psalm 92:14 Full of oil or sap, lit. fat
  35. Psalm 92:14 green

Psalm 88[a]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth.[b] A maskil[c] of Heman the Ezrahite.

Lord, you are the God who saves me;(A)
    day and night I cry out(B) to you.
May my prayer come before you;
    turn your ear to my cry.

I am overwhelmed with troubles(C)
    and my life draws near to death.(D)
I am counted among those who go down to the pit;(E)
    I am like one without strength.(F)
I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off(G) from your care.

You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(H)
Your wrath(I) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[d](J)
You have taken from me my closest friends(K)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(L) and cannot escape;(M)
    my eyes(N) are dim with grief.

I call(O) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands(P) to you.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?(Q)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness(R) in Destruction[e]?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

13 But I cry to you for help,(S) Lord;
    in the morning(T) my prayer comes before you.(U)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject(V) me
    and hide your face(W) from me?

15 From my youth(X) I have suffered(Y) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors(Z) and am in despair.(AA)
16 Your wrath(AB) has swept over me;
    your terrors(AC) have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(AD)
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(AE) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

Psalm 89[f]

A maskil[g] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing(AF) of the Lord’s great love forever;
    with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known(AG)
    through all generations.
I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.(AH)
You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,
‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”[h](AI)

The heavens(AJ) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly(AK) of the holy ones.
For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?(AL)
In the council(AM) of the holy ones(AN) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.(AO)
Who is like you,(AP) Lord God Almighty?(AQ)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.(AR)
10 You crushed Rahab(AS) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered(AT) your enemies.
11 The heavens are yours,(AU) and yours also the earth;(AV)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.(AW)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor(AX) and Hermon(AY) sing for joy(AZ) at your name.
13 Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.(BA)

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;(BB)
    love and faithfulness go before you.(BC)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk(BD) in the light(BE) of your presence, Lord.
16 They rejoice in your name(BF) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For you are their glory and strength,(BG)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.[i](BH)
18 Indeed, our shield[j](BI) belongs to the Lord,
    our king(BJ) to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David(BK) my servant;(BL)
    with my sacred oil(BM) I have anointed(BN) him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.(BO)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;(BP)
    the wicked will not oppress(BQ) him.
23 I will crush his foes before him(BR)
    and strike down his adversaries.(BS)
24 My faithful love will be with him,(BT)
    and through my name his horn[k] will be exalted.
25 I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.(BU)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,(BV)
    my God, the Rock(BW) my Savior.’(BX)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(BY)
    the most exalted(BZ) of the kings(CA) of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.(CB)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(CC)

30 “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;(CD)
33 but I will not take my love from him,(CE)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.(CF)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(CG)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(CH)

38 But you have rejected,(CI) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.(CJ)
40 You have broken through all his walls(CK)
    and reduced his strongholds(CL) to ruins.
41 All who pass by have plundered(CM) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(CN)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.(CO)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.(CP)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short(CQ) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.(CR)

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(CS)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(CT)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(CU)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[l] been mocked,(CV)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.(CW)

52 Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.(CX)

BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place(CY)
    throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born(CZ)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(DA) you are God.(DB)

You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(DC)
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.(DD)
Yet you sweep people away(DE) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(DF)

We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins(DG) in the light of your presence.(DH)
All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.(DI)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(DJ)
    or eighty,(DK) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(DL)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(DM)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath(DN) is as great as the fear that is your due.(DO)
12 Teach us to number our days,(DP)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(DQ)

13 Relent, Lord! How long(DR) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.(DS)
14 Satisfy(DT) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(DU)
    that we may sing for joy(DV) and be glad all our days.(DW)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.(DX)

17 May the favor[m] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.(DY)

Psalm 91

Whoever dwells in the shelter(DZ) of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow(EA) of the Almighty.[n]
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge(EB) and my fortress,(EC)
    my God, in whom I trust.”

Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare(ED)
    and from the deadly pestilence.(EE)
He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;(EF)
    his faithfulness will be your shield(EG) and rampart.
You will not fear(EH) the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.(EI)

If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm(EJ) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels(EK) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;(EL)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.(EM)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.(EN)

14 “Because he[o] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.(EO)
16 With long life(EP) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.(EQ)

Psalm 92[p]

A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.

It is good to praise the Lord
    and make music(ER) to your name,(ES) O Most High,(ET)
proclaiming your love in the morning(EU)
    and your faithfulness at night,
to the music of the ten-stringed lyre(EV)
    and the melody of the harp.(EW)

For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy(EX) at what your hands have done.(EY)
How great are your works,(EZ) Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!(FA)
Senseless people(FB) do not know,
    fools do not understand,
that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.(FC)

But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

For surely your enemies(FD), Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.(FE)
10 You have exalted my horn[q](FF) like that of a wild ox;(FG)
    fine oils(FH) have been poured on me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.(FI)

12 The righteous will flourish(FJ) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;(FK)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.(FL)
14 They will still bear fruit(FM) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.(FN)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:1 In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19.
  2. Psalm 88:1 Title: Possibly a tune, “The Suffering of Affliction”
  3. Psalm 88:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  4. Psalm 88:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.
  5. Psalm 88:11 Hebrew Abaddon
  6. Psalm 89:1 In Hebrew texts 89:1-52 is numbered 89:2-53.
  7. Psalm 89:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  8. Psalm 89:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.
  9. Psalm 89:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.
  10. Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign
  11. Psalm 89:24 Horn here symbolizes strength.
  12. Psalm 89:50 Or your servants have
  13. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
  14. Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai
  15. Psalm 91:14 That is, probably the king
  16. Psalm 92:1 In Hebrew texts 92:1-15 is numbered 92:2-16.
  17. Psalm 92:10 Horn here symbolizes strength.