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

1 O Lord, you have always been our home.

2 Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God forever.

3 You tell us to return to what we were; you change us back to dust.

4 A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night.

5 You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,

6 that grow and burst into bloom, then dry up and die in the evening.

7 We are destroyed by your anger; we are terrified by your fury.

8 You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.

9 Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper.

10 Seventy years is all we have - eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.

11 Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring?

12 Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise.

13 How much longer will your anger last? Have pity, O Lord, on your servants!

14 Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life.

15 Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us during all our years of misery.

16 Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds; let our descendants see your glorious might.

17 Lord our God, may your blessings be with us. Give us success in all we do!

1 Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,

2 can say to him, "You are my defender and protector. You are my God; in you I trust."

3 He will keep you safe from all hidden dangers and from all deadly diseases.

4 He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you.

5 You need not fear any dangers at night or sudden attacks during the day

6 or the plagues that strike in the dark or the evils that kill in daylight.

7 A thousand may fall dead beside you, ten thousand all around you, but you will not be harmed.

8 You will look and see how the wicked are punished.

9 You have made the Lord your defender, the Most High your protector,

10 and so no disaster will strike you, no violence will come near your home.

11 God will put his angels in charge of you to protect you wherever you go.

12 They will hold you up with their hands to keep you from hurting your feet on the stones.

13 You will trample down lions and snakes, fierce lions and poisonous snakes.

14 God says, "I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as Lord.

15 When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will rescue them and honor them.

16 I will reward them with long life; I will save them."

1 How good it is to give thanks to you, O Lord, to sing in your honor, O Most High God,

2 to proclaim your constant love every morning and your faithfulness every night,

3 with the music of stringed instruments and with melody on the harp.

4 Your mighty deeds, O Lord, make me glad; because of what you have done, I sing for joy.

5 How great are your actions, Lord! How deep are your thoughts!

6 This is something a fool cannot know; someone who is stupid cannot understand:

7 the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed,

8 because you, Lord, are supreme forever.

9 We know that your enemies will die, and all the wicked will be defeated.

10 You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.

11 I have seen the defeat of my enemies and heard the cries of the wicked.

12 The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon.

13 They are like trees planted in the house of the Lord, that flourish in the Temple of our God,

14 that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.

15 This shows that the Lord is just, that there is no wrong in my protector.

1 The Lord is king. He is clothed with majesty and strength. The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved.

2 Your throne, O Lord, has been firm from the beginning, and you existed before time began.

3 The ocean depths raise their voice, O Lord; they raise their voice and roar.

4 The Lord rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea.

5 Your laws are eternal, Lord, and your Temple is holy indeed, forever and ever.

1 Lord, you are a God who punishes; reveal your anger!

2 You are the judge of us all; rise and give the proud what they deserve!

3 How much longer will the wicked be glad? How much longer, Lord?

4 How much longer will criminals be proud and boast about their crimes?

5 They crush your people, Lord; they oppress those who belong to you.

6 They kill widows and orphans, and murder the strangers who live in our land.

7 They say, "The Lord does not see us; the God of Israel does not notice."

8 My people, how can you be such stupid fools? When will you ever learn?

9 God made our ears - can't he hear? He made our eyes - can't he see?

10 He scolds the nations - won't he punish them? He is the teacher of us all - hasn't he any knowledge?

11 The Lord knows what we think; he knows how senseless our reasoning is.

12 Lord, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!

13 You give them rest from days of trouble until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.

14 The Lord will not abandon his people; he will not desert those who belong to him.

15 Justice will again be found in the courts, and all righteous people will support it.

16 Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against the evildoers?

17 If the Lord had not helped me, I would have gone quickly to the land of silence.

18 I said, "I am falling"; but your constant love, O Lord, held me up.

19 Whenever I am anxious and worried, you comfort me and make me glad.

20 You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,

21 who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.

22 But the Lord defends me; my God protects me.

23 He will punish them for their wickedness and destroy them for their sins; the Lord our God will destroy them.

1 Come, let us praise the Lord! Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!

2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and sing joyful songs of praise.

3 For the Lord is a mighty God, a mighty king over all the gods.

4 He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest caves to the highest hills.

5 He rules over the sea, which he made; the land also, which he himself formed.

6 Come, let us bow down and worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

7 He is our God; we are the people he cares for, the flock for which he provides. Listen today to what he says:

8 "Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day in the desert at Massah.

9 There they put me to the test and tried me, although they had seen what I did for them.

10 For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, "How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.'

11 I was angry and made a solemn promise: "You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.' "