Psalm 89-91

New International Version

⁵ The heavens^(E) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(F) of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(G)
7 In the council^(H) of the holy ones^(I) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(J)
8 Who is like you,^(K) Lord God Almighty?^(L)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(M)
10 You crushed Rahab^(N) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(O) your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours,^(P) and yours also the earth;^(Q)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(R)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(S) and Hermon^(T) sing for joy^(U) at your name.
¹³ Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(V)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(W)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(X)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(Y) in the light^(Z) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(AA) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(AB)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[d](AC)
18 Indeed, our shield^[e](AD) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(AE) 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^(AF) my servant;^(AG)
    with my sacred oil^(AH) I have anointed^(AI) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(AJ)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(AK)
    the wicked will not oppress^(AL) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(AM)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(AN)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(AO)
    and through my name his horn^[f] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(AP)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(AQ)
    my God, the Rock^(AR) my Savior.’^(AS)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(AT)
    the most exalted^(AU) of the kings^(AV) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(AW)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(AX)

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;^(AY)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(AZ)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(BA)
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;^(BB)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(BC)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(BD) 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.^(BE)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(BF)
    and reduced his strongholds^(BG) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(BH) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(BI)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(BJ)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(BK)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(BL) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(BM)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(BN)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(BO)
    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?^(BP)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[g] been mocked,^(BQ)
    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.^(BR)

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

³ You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”^(BX)
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(BY)
5 Yet you sweep people away^(BZ) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
⁶ In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.^(CA)

⁷ We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins^(CB) in the light of your presence.^(CC)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.^(CD)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,^(CE)
    or eighty,^(CF) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,^(CG)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^(CH)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath^(CI) is as great as the fear that is your due.^(CJ)
12 Teach us to number our days,^(CK)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(CL)

¹³ Relent, Lord! How long^(CM) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(CN)
14 Satisfy^(CO) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(CP)
    that we may sing for joy^(CQ) and be glad all our days.^(CR)
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.^(CS)

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

³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare^(CY)
    and from the deadly pestilence.^(CZ)
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;^(DA)
    his faithfulness will be your shield^(DB) and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear^(DC) the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.^(DD)

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm^(DE) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels^(DF) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;^(DG)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(DH)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^(DI)

¹⁴ “Because he^[j] 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.^(DJ)
16 With long life^(DK) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.^(DL)”