Psalm 90-93

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)