Psalm 91-95

English Standard Version

My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in ^(A)the shelter of the Most High
will abide in ^(B)the shadow of the Almighty.
²I will say^[a] to the Lord, “My ^(C)refuge and my ^(D)fortress,
my God, in whom I ^(E)trust.”

³For he will deliver you from ^(F)the snare of the fowler
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴He will ^(G)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his ^(H)wings you will ^(I)find refuge;
    his ^(J)faithfulness is ^(K)a shield and buckler.
⁵^(L)You will not fear ^(M)the terror of the night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
    nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸You will only look with your eyes
    and ^(N)see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹Because you have made the Lord your ^(O)dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my ^(P)refuge^[b]—
¹⁰^(Q)no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
^(R)no plague come near your tent.

¹¹^(S)For he will command his ^(T)angels concerning you
    to ^(U)guard you in all your ways.
¹²On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you ^(V)strike your foot against a stone.
¹³You will tread on ^(W)the lion and the ^(X)adder;
    the young lion and ^(Y)the serpent you will ^(Z)trample underfoot.

¹⁴“Because he ^(AA)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he ^(AB)knows my name.
¹⁵When he ^(AC)calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and ^(AD)honor him.
¹⁶With ^(AE)long life I will satisfy him
    and ^(AF)show him my salvation.”

How Great Are Your Works

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

92 ^(AG)It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
    to sing praises to your name, ^(AH)O Most High;
²to declare your ^(AI)steadfast love in ^(AJ)the morning,
    and your ^(AK)faithfulness by ^(AL)night,
³to the music of ^(AM)the lute and ^(AN)the harp,
    to the melody of ^(AO)the lyre.
⁴For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your ^(AP)work;
    at ^(AQ)the works of your hands I sing for joy.

⁵How ^(AR)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your ^(AS)thoughts are very ^(AT)deep!
⁶The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
⁷that though ^(AU)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all ^(AV)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
⁸    but you, O Lord, are ^(AW)on high forever.
⁹For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be ^(AX)scattered.

¹⁰But you have exalted my ^(AY)horn like that of ^(AZ)the wild ox;
you have ^(BA)poured over me^[c] fresh oil.
¹¹My ^(BB)eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

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

The Lord Reigns

93 ^(BH)The Lord reigns; he is ^(BI)robed in majesty;
the Lord is ^(BJ)robed; he has ^(BK)put on strength as his belt.
^(BL)Yes, the world is established; ^(BM)it shall never be moved.
²^(BN)Your throne is established from of old;
^(BO)you are from everlasting.

³^(BP)The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
⁴Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    ^(BQ)the Lord ^(BR)on high is mighty!

⁵Your ^(BS)decrees are very trustworthy;
^(BT)holiness befits your house,
O Lord, forevermore.

The Lord Will Not Forsake His People

94 O Lord, God of ^(BU)vengeance,
    O God of vengeance, ^(BV)shine forth!
²^(BW)Rise up, O ^(BX)judge of the earth;
    repay to the ^(BY)proud what they deserve!
³O Lord, ^(BZ)how long shall the wicked,
    how long shall ^(CA)the wicked exult?
⁴They pour out their ^(CB)arrogant words;
    all ^(CC)the evildoers boast.
⁵They ^(CD)crush your people, O Lord,
    and afflict your heritage.
⁶They kill ^(CE)the widow and the sojourner,
    and murder ^(CF)the fatherless;
⁷^(CG)and they say, “The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

⁸^(CH)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
⁹^(CI)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
¹⁰He who ^(CJ)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who ^(CK)teaches man knowledge—
¹¹    ^(CL)the Lord—knows the thoughts of man,
    that they are ^(CM)but a breath.^[d]

¹²^(CN)Blessed is the man whom you ^(CO)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
¹³to give him ^(CP)rest from ^(CQ)days of trouble,
    until ^(CR)a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴^(CS)For the Lord will not forsake his ^(CT)people;
    he will not abandon his ^(CU)heritage;
¹⁵for ^(CV)justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will ^(CW)follow it.

¹⁶^(CX)Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
¹⁷^(CY)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of ^(CZ)silence.
¹⁸When I thought, ^(DA)“My foot slips,”
    your steadfast love, O Lord, ^(DB)held me up.
¹⁹When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.
²⁰Can ^(DC)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame^[e] injustice by ^(DD)statute?
²¹They ^(DE)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn ^(DF)the innocent to death.^[f]
²²But the Lord has become my ^(DG)stronghold,
    and my God ^(DH)the rock of my ^(DI)refuge.
²³He will bring back on them ^(DJ)their iniquity
    and ^(DK)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 ^(DL)make a joyful noise to ^(DM)the rock of our salvation!
²Let us ^(DN)come into his presence with thanksgiving;
    let us ^(DO)make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
³For the Lord is ^(DP)a great God,
    and a great King ^(DQ)above all gods.
⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth;
    the heights of the mountains are his also.
⁵The sea is his, for ^(DR)he made it,
    and his hands formed ^(DS)the dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us ^(DT)kneel before the Lord, our ^(DU)Maker!
⁷For he is our ^(DV)God,
    and we are the people of his ^(DW)pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.
^(DX)Today, if you ^(DY)hear his voice,
⁸    ^(DZ)do not harden your hearts, as at ^(EA)Meribah,
    as on the day at ^(EB)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹when your fathers put me to the ^(EC)test
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ^(ED)work.
¹⁰^(EE)For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known ^(EF)my ways.”
¹¹Therefore I ^(EG)swore in my wrath,
    “They shall not enter ^(EH)my rest.”

Footnotes

Psalm 91:2 Septuagint He will say
Psalm 91:9 Or For you, O Lord, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your dwelling place
Psalm 92:10 Compare Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 94:11 Septuagint they are futile
Psalm 94:20 Or fashion
Psalm 94:21 Hebrew condemn innocent blood

Proverbs 19

English Standard Version

19 ^(A)Better is a poor person who ^(B)walks in his integrity
    than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
²Desire^[a] without knowledge is not good,
    and whoever ^(C)makes haste with his feet misses his way.
³When a man's folly ^(D)brings his way to ruin,
    his heart ^(E)rages against the Lord.
⁴^(F)Wealth brings many new friends,
    ^(G)but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
⁵^(H)A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and he who ^(I)breathes out lies will not escape.
⁶Many seek the favor of a generous man,^[b]
    and everyone is a friend to a man who gives ^(J)gifts.
⁷^(K)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    ^(L)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.^[c]
⁸^(M)Whoever gets sense loves his own soul;
    he who keeps understanding will ^(N)discover good.
⁹^(O)A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and he who ^(P)breathes out lies will perish.
¹⁰^(Q)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
    much less for ^(R)a slave to rule over princes.
¹¹^(S)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
    and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
¹²A king's wrath is like ^(T)the growling of a lion,
    but his ^(U)favor is like ^(V)dew on the grass.
¹³^(W)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and ^(X)a wife's quarreling is ^(Y)a continual dripping of rain.
¹⁴^(Z)House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
    but a prudent wife is ^(AA)from the Lord.
¹⁵^(AB)Slothfulness casts into ^(AC)a deep sleep,
    and ^(AD)an idle person will suffer hunger.
¹⁶Whoever ^(AE)keeps the commandment keeps his life;
    he who despises his ways will die.
¹⁷^(AF)Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and he ^(AG)will repay him for his ^(AH)deed.
¹⁸^(AI)Discipline your son, for there is hope;
    do not set your heart on ^(AJ)putting him to death.
¹⁹A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,
    for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
²⁰Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom in ^(AK)the future.
²¹^(AL)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but ^(AM)it is the purpose of the Lord ^(AN)that will stand.
²²What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
    and a poor man is better than a liar.
²³The fear of the Lord ^(AO)leads to life,
    and whoever has it rests ^(AP)satisfied;
    he will ^(AQ)not be visited by harm.
²⁴^(AR)The sluggard buries his hand in ^(AS)the dish
    and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
²⁵^(AT)Strike ^(AU)a scoffer, and the simple will ^(AV)learn prudence;
    ^(AW)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
²⁶He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
    is ^(AX)a son who brings shame and reproach.
²⁷Cease to hear instruction, my son,
    ^(AY)and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
²⁸A worthless witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked ^(AZ)devours iniquity.
²⁹Condemnation is ready for ^(BA)scoffers,
    and ^(BB)beating for the backs of fools.