Psalms 90; Psalms 91; Psalms 92; Psalms 93; Psalms 94; Psalms 95

1 (89-1) <A prayer of Moses the man of God.> Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.

2 (89-2) Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

3 (89-3) Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.

4 (89-4) For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,

5 (89-5) Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.

6 (89-6) In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.

7 (89-7) For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.

8 (89-8) Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.

9 (89-9) For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:

10 (89-10) The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.

11 (89-11) Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear

12 (89-12) Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.

13 (89-13) Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.

14 (89-14) We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.

15 (89-15) We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.

16 (89-16) Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.

17 (89-17) And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.

1 (90-1) <The praise of a canticle for David.> He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

2 (90-2) He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

3 (90-3) For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.

4 (90-4) He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

5 (90-5) His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

6 (90-6) Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

7 (90-7) A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 (90-8) But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.

9 (90-9) Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.

10 (90-10) There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.

11 (90-11) For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 (90-12) In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 (90-13) Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

14 (90-14) Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

15 (90-15) He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

16 (90-16) I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

1 (91-1) <A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.> (91-2) It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

2 (91-3) To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night:

3 (91-4) Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

4 (91-5) For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

5 (91-6) O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

6 (91-7) The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

7 (91-8) When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

8 (91-9) But thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore.

9 (91-10) For behold thy enemies, O lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

10 (91-11) But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.

11 (91-12) My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

12 (91-13) The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

13 (91-14) They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

14 (91-15) They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be well treated,

15 (91-16) That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

1 (92-1) The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

2 (92-2) My throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.

3 (92-3) The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves,

4 (92-4) With the noise of many waters. Wonderful are the surges of the sea: wonderful is the Lord on high.

5 (92-5) Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

1 (93-1) The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

2 (93-2) Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.

3 (93-3) How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?

4 (93-4) Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?

5 (93-5) Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.

6 (93-6) They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.

7 (93-7) And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

8 (93-8) Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.

9 (93-9) He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?

10 (93-10) He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?

11 (93-11) The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

12 (93-12) Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.

13 (93-13) That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.

14 (93-14) For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.

15 (93-15) Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

16 (93-16) Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

17 (93-17) Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.

18 (93-18) If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

19 (93-19) According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

20 (93-20) Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

21 (93-21) They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.

22 (93-22) But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.

23 (93-23) And he will render them their iniquity:and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.

1 (94-1) Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

2 (94-2) Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

3 (94-3) For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4 (94-4) For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

5 (94-5) For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6 (94-6) Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

7 (94-7) For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8 (94-8) To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

9 (94-9) As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

10 (94-10) Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

11 (94-11) And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.