Psalm 89:1-91:16

Psalm 89In Hebrew texts 89:1-52 is numbered 89:2-53. 1A maskil Title: Probably a literary or musical term of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the LORD ’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

4‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ” The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.

5The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

6For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD ? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

8Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.

10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD .

16They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.

17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. Horn here symbolizes strong one.

18Indeed, our shield Or sovereign belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19Once 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.

20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.

22The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.

23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn Horn here symbolizes strength. will be exalted.

25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

26He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’

27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.

29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

30“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.

35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—

36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;

37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”

38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.

39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.

40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

41All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

43Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

44You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.

46How long, LORD ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!

48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?

49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

50Remember, Lord, how your servant has Or your servants have been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

51the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. 52Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

BOOK IV Psalm 90 1A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

2Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”

4A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.

5Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:

6In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.

7We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.

8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

9All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.

10Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

11If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.

12Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

13Relent, LORD ! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.

14Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.

16May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. 17May the favor Or beauty of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.

Psalm 91 1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Hebrew Shaddai

2I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

3Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.

4He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

8You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

9If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,

10no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.

11For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

12they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14“Because he That is, probably the king loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”